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Is twig a Scrabble word?

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

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Is twig a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is twig a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (1 found)

TWIG,

3-letter words (4 found)

GIT,TIG,WIG,WIT,

2-letter words (3 found)

GI,IT,TI,

You can make 8 words from twig according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of twig

twig wtig tiwg itwg witg iwtg twgi wtgi tgwi gtwi wgti gwti tigw itgw tgiw gtiw igtw gitw wigt iwgt wgit gwit igwt giwt

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

Definitions and meaning of twig

twig

Etymology 1

From Middle English twig, twyg, from Old English twiġ, from Proto-Germanic *twīgą (compare West Frisian twiich, Dutch twijg, German Zweig), from Proto-Indo-European *dweygʰom (compare Old Church Slavonic двигъ (dvigŭ, “branch”), Albanian degë (“branch”)), from *dwóh₁. More at two.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /twɪɡ/, [tʰw̥ɪɡ]
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Noun

twig (plural twigs)

  1. A small thin branch of a tree or bush.
  2. (bodybuilding, slang) Somebody, or one of his body parts, not looking developed.
Synonyms
  • tillow
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

  1. (transitive) To beat with twigs.

Etymology 2

From Irish and Scottish Gaelic tuig (“to understand”).

Verb

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

  1. (colloquial, regional) To realise something; to catch on; to recognize someone or something.
  2. To understand the meaning of (a person); to comprehend.
  3. To observe slyly; also, to perceive; to discover.
Synonyms
  • (to realise something): clock, get it, notice; see also Thesaurus:identify
  • (to understand the meaning): fathom, figure out, grasp, ken, work out
  • (to observe slyly): check out, peep, spy on, surveil
Translations

Etymology 3

Compare tweak.

Verb

twig (third-person singular simple present twigs, present participle twigging, simple past and past participle twigged)

  1. (obsolete, Scotland) To pull
  2. To twitch
  3. To tweak

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • (Early ME) twi, twiȝ
  • twigge, twyg, twygge, tuyg

Etymology

Inherited from Old English twig, from Proto-West Germanic *twīg, from Proto-Germanic *twīgą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twiɡ/, /twiː/

Noun

twig (plural twigges)

  1. Any part of a tree, especially a branch or cutting:
    1. A twig or tillow; a shoot branching off a tree.
    2. An easily bending branch used in crafts.
  2. (figurative, rare) A subtype or part of something; the result or descendant of something.

Descendants

  • English: twig
  • Scots: twigg, tuigg

References

  • “twig, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *twīgą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /twij/

Noun

twiġ n

  1. twig
  2. branch

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: twig
    • English: twig

Source: wiktionary.org