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Is digger a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word digger is a Scrabble US word. The word digger is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

D2I1G2G2E1R1

Is digger a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word digger is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

D2I1G2G2E1R1

Is digger a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word digger is a Words With Friends word. The word digger is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1G3G3E1R1

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6-letter words (2 found)

DIGGER,RIGGED,

5-letter words (5 found)

DERIG,DIRGE,GRIDE,IGGED,RIDGE,

4-letter words (9 found)

DIRE,DREG,GIED,GIRD,GRID,GRIG,IRED,RIDE,RIGG,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEG,DEI,DIE,DIG,EGG,ERG,GED,GER,GID,GIE,GIG,IDE,IGG,IRE,RED,REG,REI,RID,RIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,DI,ED,ER,GI,ID,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 43 words from digger according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of digger

digger

Etymology

From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig +‎ -er.

In the sense of "Australian soldier", attributed to the considerable time that soldiers spent digging trenches during World War I.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪɡɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪɡə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)

Noun

digger (plural diggers)

  1. A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
    Synonym: excavator
    Hyponyms: backhoe, trackhoe
  2. A tool for digging.
  3. (slang) A spade (playing card).
  4. One who digs.
  5. (Australia, obsolete) A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
  6. (Australia, informal) An Australian soldier.
  7. (Australia, dated, by extension) a friendly term of address, especially to a man.

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Anagrams

  • rigged

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Noun

digger

  1. Alternative form of dig

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 35

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