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Is prig a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word prig is a Scrabble US word. The word prig is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

P3R1I1G2

Is prig a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word prig is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

P3R1I1G2

Is prig a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word prig is a Words With Friends word. The word prig is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4R1I1G3

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4-letter words (2 found)

GRIP,PRIG,

3-letter words (5 found)

GIP,PIG,PIR,RIG,RIP,

2-letter words (2 found)

GI,PI,

You can make 9 words from prig according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of prig

prig rpig pirg iprg ripg irpg prgi rpgi pgri gpri rgpi grpi pigr ipgr pgir gpir igpr gipr rigp irgp rgip grip igrp girp

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word prig. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in prig.

Definitions and meaning of prig

prig

Etymology

UK 16th century. Of unknown origin. Earlier noun senses ("tinker" and "thief"), as hyponyms of "undesirable person", may have informed later senses ("conceited person").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹɪɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Noun

prig (plural prigs)

  1. A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
    Synonyms: goody-goody, prude, puritan
  2. (archaic) A conceited dandy; a fop.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:dandy
  3. (British, archaic, thieves' cant) A tinker.
  4. (British, archaic, thieves' cant) A petty thief or pickpocket.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thief, Thesaurus:pickpocket

Derived terms

  • parish prig
  • priggery
  • priggish
  • priggishly
  • priggism
  • prig and buz
  • prig napper (“thief taker”)
  • prig-star
  • work on the prig

Related terms

  • prigger
  • prigman

Translations

Verb

prig (third-person singular simple present prigs, present participle prigging, simple past and past participle prigged)

  1. (slang, dated) To filch or steal.
    Synonyms: cozen, mill, purloin; see also Thesaurus:steal
  2. To ride.
  3. To copulate.
    Synonyms: sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with

References

  • [Francis Grose] (1788) “Prig”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 2nd edition, London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC.
  • John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1890–1904) “prig”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII or 1 to 7), [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, pages 297–301.

Anagrams

  • IGRP, PIRG, grip

Scots

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Verb

prig (third-person singular simple present prigs, present participle prigin, simple past prigt, past participle prigt)

  1. To haggle or argue over price.

Source: wiktionary.org