Is JIG a Scrabble word?
Yes. JIG is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
Noun 4 meanings
A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
A lively dance in 6/8 (double jig), 9/8 (slip jig) or 12/8 (single jig) time; a tune suitable for such a dance. By extension, a lively traditional tune in any of these time signatures. Unqualified, the term is usually taken to refer to a double (6/8) jig.
“They danced a jig.”
A dance performed by one or sometimes two individual dancers, as opposed to a dance performed by a set or team.
A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
Verb 4 meanings
To move briskly, especially as a dance.
“The guests were jigging around on the dance floor.”
To move with a skip or rhythm; to move with vibrations or jerks.
To fish with a jig.
To sing to the tune of a jig.
Etymology
Unknown. Derivation from Middle English gyge (“fiddle”), from Old French gigue (“a fiddle”) has been proposed, but the connection and sense development are obscure. The sense “a type of dance” of modern French gigue is borrowed from English.
JIG at a glance
JIG has 3 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (J 8 + I 1 + G 2) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #24,803 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -JIG
More endings- THINGAMAJIG25
- REJIG13
- THINGUMAJIG25
- THINGUMMYJIG31
- JIGAJIG23
- JIGJIG22
- THINGAMYJIG28
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