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Is wriggle a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word wriggle is a Scrabble US word. The word wriggle is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is wriggle a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word wriggle is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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Is wriggle a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word wriggle is a Words With Friends word. The word wriggle is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

WIGGLER,WRIGGLE,

6-letter words (3 found)

LIGGER,WIGGER,WIGGLE,

5-letter words (2 found)

LIGER,LIGGE,

4-letter words (17 found)

GIRL,GLEG,GLEI,GREW,GRIG,LEIR,LIER,LIRE,LWEI,RIEL,RIGG,RILE,WEIL,WEIR,WIEL,WILE,WIRE,

3-letter words (18 found)

EGG,ERG,GEL,GER,GIE,GIG,IGG,IRE,LEG,LEI,LEW,LIE,LIG,REG,REI,REW,RIG,WIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,ER,EW,GI,LI,RE,WE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 50 words from wriggle according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of wriggle

wriggle

Etymology

From wrig +‎ -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Dutch wriggelen (“to wriggle, squirm”), Low German wriggeln (“to wriggle”). Related to Old English wrigian (“to turn, wend, hie, go move”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɪɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡəl

Verb

wriggle (third-person singular simple present wriggles, present participle wriggling, simple past and past participle wriggled)

  1. (intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
    Synonym: wiggle
    Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
  2. (transitive) To cause something to wriggle.
    Synonym: wiggle
    He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.
  3. (intransitive) To use crooked or devious means.

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Noun

wriggle (plural wriggles)

  1. A wriggling movement.

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  • wiggler

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