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TWIGS

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What TWIGS Means

TWIGS is a form of TWIG, which means:

  1. verb: branch out in a twiglike manner“The lightning bolt twigged in several directions”
  2. verb: understand, usually after some initial difficulty“She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on”
  3. noun: a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TWIGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 W4 I1 G2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In TWIGS

23 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.

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing TWIGS

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

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