/tɪɡ/
noun

Is TIG a Scrabble word?

Yes, in one Scrabble list. TIG is valid in Collins, but not in ENABLE and NWL2023. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends.

Not in NWL Collins Not in ENABLE

Meaning The children's game of tag.

Noun 1 meaning

  1. The children's game of tag.

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: tig via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

Dialectal variant of tick, from Middle English ticken, tiken. More at tick.

TIG at a glance

TIG has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (T 1 + I 1 + G 2) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #36,918 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -TIG

More endings

Same last three letters as TIG. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • ZAFTIG19
  • ZOFTIG19

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