Is BIG a Scrabble word?
Yes. BIG is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Of great size, large.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of great size, large.
“Elephants are big animals, and they eat a lot.”
Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
“She was big with child.”
Well-endowed; with a desired body part notably large.
Adult; (of a child) older.
“Kids should get help from big people if they want to use the kitchen.”
Adverb 4 meanings
In a loud manner.
In a boasting manner.
“He's always talking big, but he never delivers.”
In a large amount or to a large extent.
“He won big betting on the croquet championship.”
On a large scale, expansively.
“You've got to think big to succeed at Amalgamated Plumbing.”
Noun 4 meanings
Someone or something that is large in stature.
An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
The big leagues, big time.
An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
Etymology
Inherited from Northern Middle English big, bigge (“powerful, strong”), possibly from a dialect of Old Norse. Ultimately perhaps a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bugja- (“swollen up, thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bu- (“to swell”), in which case big would be related to bogey, bugbear, and bug.
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BIG at a glance
BIG has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + I 1 + G 2) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #187 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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