linge

Not valid in Scrabble

It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/lɪnd͡ʒ/

Definition of linge

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete)To work hard.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lenġan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

A single letter you can add to linge to make another valid word.

Find your best play with linge

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes linge, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.