WIG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. WIG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIG?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIG is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in WIG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,994.
What does WIG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A covering of false hair worn on the head.
Wig is clipped from periwig, which is itself an English mangling of a French word, so the modern form stands two removes from where it began. English judges kept theirs long after everybody else gave up, and that is now the first thing the word calls to mind in Britain.
How WIG is used
Countable: a wig, two wigs. Also a verb in wig out.
- The wig cost more than the rest of the costume.
- A judge's wig is horsehair and older than the judge.
- She wore a wig for a year and told nobody.
- He wigged out when the lights went off.
- The word wig is clipped from a French word twice removed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WIG
Showing 24 of 43 words that begin with WIG.
Words ending in WIG
11 words end in WIG. Useful as a back hook: play WIG onto a word already on the board.
Words with WIG inside
Showing 24 of 47 words that contain WIG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with WIG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WIG
Common questions about WIG
- Is WIG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIG, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIG worth?
- WIG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIG mean?
- A covering of false hair worn on the head.
- What letters can be added to WIG?
- WIG takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of WIG:
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