WIGAN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. WIGAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WIGAN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WIGAN is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WIGAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wigansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WIGAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WIGAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,819.
What does WIGAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A stiff, plain-woven cotton fabric used to stiffen and support parts of garments, such as collars, waistbands, or hemlines.
Wigan is a coarse, canvas-like cotton cloth sewn inside garments where it cannot be seen, giving structure to a jacket lapel, a waistband, or the lower edge of a skirt without adding visible bulk. Tailors and dressmakers value the fabric for its stiffness and durability rather than its appearance, since it functions purely as an internal support layer. The name reflects an English town once associated with the cloth's manufacture, in much the same way that other fabrics take their names from places where they were first produced. Modern tailoring sometimes replaces traditional wigan with synthetic interfacing, though the older cotton fabric is still used in higher-end garment construction.
How WIGAN is used
Wigan is a specialist sewing and tailoring term, naming an internal stiffening fabric rather than anything visible on a finished garment.
- The tailor lined the waistband with a strip of wigan.
- A layer of wigan kept the collar from losing its shape.
- She sewed wigan into the hem to give it more body.
- The old jacket still had its original wigan interfacing intact.
- Dressmakers once relied heavily on wigan for structured garments.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WIGAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of WIGAN
The 5 tiles of WIGAN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with WIGAN
1 longer words begin with WIGAN.
Shorter words from the letters in WIGAN
Common questions about WIGAN
- Is WIGAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WIGAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WIGAN worth?
- WIGAN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WIGAN mean?
- A stiff, plain-woven cotton fabric used to stiffen and support parts of garments, such as collars, waistbands, or hemlines.
- What letters can be added to WIGAN?
- WIGAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WIGAN:
Open WIGAN in the Word Finder