tigerish
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 8
Definition of tigerish
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
-
Having the characteristics of a tiger.
“Thomas P. Puccio, a tigerish New York lawyer who won fame prosecuting congressmen in the 1980s Abscam scandals, then switched sides and defended Claus von Bülow, corrupt politicians, an accused rapist who ran off to the ski slopes of Europe and other notorious clients, died on Monday in New Haven.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English *tigrish, *tygrisch, from Old English tigrisċ (“of a tiger; tigerish”), equivalent to tiger + -ish.
Words you can make from tigerish
135 playable · top: RIGHTIES (12 pts)
Best play righties 12 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
27 words- EIGHT 9 pts
- GIRSH 9 pts
- GIRTH 9 pts
- GRITH 9 pts
- RIGHT 9 pts
- SIGHT 9 pts
- HEIRS 8 pts
- HEIST 8 pts
- HIRES 8 pts
- ITHER 8 pts
- RISHI 8 pts
- SHIER 8 pts
- SHIRE 8 pts
- SHIRT 8 pts
- SHITE 8 pts
- THEIR 8 pts
- GIRTS 6 pts
- GITES 6 pts
- GRIST 6 pts
- GRITS 6 pts
- TIGER 6 pts
- TRIGS 6 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RITES 5 pts
- TIERS 5 pts
- TIRES 5 pts
- TRIES 5 pts
4-letter words
46 words- GHIS 8 pts
- SIGH 8 pts
- ETHS 7 pts
- HEIR 7 pts
- HERS 7 pts
- HEST 7 pts
- HETS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HIRE 7 pts
- HIST 7 pts
- HITS 7 pts
- RESH 7 pts
- SHIT 7 pts
- SHRI 7 pts
- SITH 7 pts
- THIR 7 pts
- THIS 7 pts
- EGIS 5 pts
- ERGS 5 pts
- GEST 5 pts
- GETS 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GIRT 5 pts
- GIST 5 pts
- GITE 5 pts
- GITS 5 pts
- GRIT 5 pts
- REGS 5 pts
- RIGS 5 pts
- TEGS 5 pts
- TRIG 5 pts
- ERST 4 pts
- IRES 4 pts
- IRIS 4 pts
- REIS 4 pts
- REST 4 pts
- RETS 4 pts
- RISE 4 pts
- RITE 4 pts
- SIRE 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- STIR 4 pts
- TIER 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
- TIRE 4 pts
- TRES 4 pts
3-letter words
36 words- GHI 7 pts
- ETH 6 pts
- HER 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HET 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- HIT 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- THE 6 pts
- ERG 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- GIT 4 pts
- REG 4 pts
- RIG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- IRE 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- REI 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- RET 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsFind your best play with tigerish
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes tigerish, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.