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Is sigh a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sigh is a Scrabble US word. The word sigh is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

S1I1G2H4

Is sigh a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sigh is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

S1I1G2H4

Is sigh a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sigh is a Words With Friends word. The word sigh is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1I1G3H3

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4-letter words (2 found)

GHIS,SIGH,

3-letter words (5 found)

GHI,GIS,HIS,ISH,SIG,

2-letter words (5 found)

GI,HI,IS,SH,SI,

You can make 12 words from sigh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sigh

sigh isgh sgih gsih igsh gish sihg ishg shig hsig ihsg hisg sghi gshi shgi hsgi ghsi hgsi ighs gihs ihgs higs ghis hgis

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

Definitions and meaning of sigh

sigh

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sī, IPA(key): /saɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophones: sie, sai, psi, xi, scye, Si, Sy, Cy

Etymology 1

From Middle English sighen (“to sigh”), back-formation from sighte, past tense form of siken, from Old English sīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *sīkan, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seykʷ- (“to pour out”).

Verb

sigh (third-person singular simple present sighs, present participle sighing, simple past and past participle sighed)

  1. (intransitive) To inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; to make a deep single audible respiration, especially as the result or involuntary expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like.
  2. (intransitive) To lament; to grieve.
  3. (transitive) To utter sighs over; to lament or mourn over.
  4. (intransitive) To make a sound like sighing.
  5. (transitive) To exhale (the breath) in sighs.
  6. (transitive) To express by sighs; to utter in or with sighs.
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (all): sithe (obsolete)
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Etymology 2

From Middle English sighe (“sigh”), from sighen (“to sigh”) (see #Etymology 1).

Noun

sigh (plural sighs)

  1. A deep, prolonged audible inhale and exhale of breath; as when fatigued, frustrated, grieved, or relieved; the act of sighing.
  2. (figurative) a manifestation of grief; a lament.
  3. (Cockney rhyming slang) A person who is bored.
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Interjection

sigh

  1. An expression of fatigue, exhaustion, grief, sorrow, frustration, or the like, often used in casual written contexts.
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Anagrams

  • Gish, gish, shig

Source: wiktionary.org