Is LINGER a word?
LINGER is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 6 letters, and can be rearranged into 2 other words, plus 52 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, LINGER is a valid word.
What does linger mean?
verb: remain present although waning or gradually dying.
“Her perfume lingered on”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
LINGER: word details
- Pronunciation: LIHNG-gur (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 6 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 22,342 6-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 7 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of linger
Shorter words inside linger
Words you can make from the letters of linger.
Solve a whole rack, not just LINGER
LINGER is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does LINGER mean?
LINGER is a verb. It means: remain present although waning or gradually dying.
Is LINGER a valid word?
Yes, LINGER is a valid word. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.