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Pegging

p 3e 1g 2g 2i 1n 1g 2

About 2 syllables

verb · 7 letters · Common · present participle of peg

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does pegging mean?

verb

  1. succeed in obtaining a position

    “He nailed down a spot at Harvard”

    Synonymsnail downnail

  2. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

  3. fasten or secure with a wooden pin

    “peg a tent”

    Synonymspeg down

  4. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations

    “The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar”

Definitions shown for peg, the base form of pegging.

Is PEGGING a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is PEGGING worth?

Scrabble

12 pts
p 3e 1g 2g 2i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

17 pts
p 4e 1g 3g 3i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

16 pts
p 4e 1g 3g 3i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

18 pts
p 3e 1g 4g 4i 1n 1g 4

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in PEGGING

Hooks for PEGGING

Add one letter to the front or back of PEGGING to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

peggings

Words that end like PEGGING

Common words that share the ending -EGGING, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

beggingleggingeggingbootlegging
All words ending in -EGGING

Pegging: quick answers

Is PEGGING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. PEGGING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.
How many points is PEGGING worth?
PEGGING scores 12 points in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 18 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does pegging mean?
pegging is the present participle of peg, which means “succeed in obtaining a position”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PEGGING?
You can make 32 shorter words from PEGGING, such as EGGING, GENIP, GINGE, PING. See the full list.