WIDGET is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. WIDGET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIDGET?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIDGET is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIDGET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
widgetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIDGET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in WIDGET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does WIDGET mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A small gadget or device, or any item whose proper name is unknown or unimportant.
Economists and teachers use widget as a stand-in for any manufactured product when explaining costs and supply, because the imaginary item needs no description. Engineers also use it for a small mechanical part, and software designers use it for a button, slider or box on a screen that lets a user do something. The beer widget is a small capsule inside a can that releases gas and gives the pour a creamy head.
How WIDGET is used
Common in business examples, technology and everyday talk about small devices.
- The factory makes ten thousand of each widget every week.
- Drag the weather widget to the top of your phone screen.
- I need that little widget that holds the shelf in place.
- A plastic widget inside the can makes the stout foam.
- The textbook asks how much it costs to build one more widget.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIDGET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIDGET
1 longer words begin with WIDGET.
Shorter words from the letters in WIDGET
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Common questions about WIDGET
- Is WIDGET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIDGET, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIDGET worth?
- WIDGET is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIDGET mean?
- A small gadget or device, or any item whose proper name is unknown or unimportant.
- What letters can be added to WIDGET?
- WIDGET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of WIDGET:
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