Is RIG a Scrabble word?
Yes. RIG is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.
Meaning The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
Noun 4 meanings
The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose.
“The climbers each had a different rig for climbing that particular rockface.”
A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck.
“Every rig at the truckstop had custom-made mud-flaps.”
The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
Verb 4 meanings
To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
To dress or clothe in some costume.
To make or construct something in haste or in a makeshift manner.
“rig up a makeshift shelter”
To manipulate something dishonestly for personal gain or discriminatory purposes.
“to rig an election”
Etymology
From Early Modern English rygge, probably of North Germanic origin.th. function”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *rik- (“to bind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rign-, *reyg- (“to bind”); or related to Old English *wrīhan, wrīohan, wrēohan, wrēon (“to bind; wrap up; cover”). See also wry (“to cover; clothe; dress; hide”).
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RIG at a glance
RIG has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (R 1 + I 1 + G 2) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #8,712 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -RIG
More endings- BRIG7
- TRIG5
- SPRIG8
- FRIG8
- PRIG7
- GRIG6
- RUNRIG7
- RERIG6
- UNRIG6
- THIMBLERIG18
- STRIG6
- DERIG7
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