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SWIG

4 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SWIG Means

  1. verb: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat“He slugged me so hard that I passed out”
  2. verb: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught“The men gulped down their beers”
  3. noun: a large and hurried swallow“he finished it at a single gulp”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SWIG is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 W4 I1 G2.

Anagrams of SWIG (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SWIG

6 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

3 letter words (3)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing SWIG

SWIG appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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