digger

Meanings

Plural: diggers

Noun

a laborer who digs
a machine for excavating
A large piece of machinery that digs holes or trenches.
A tool for digging.
A spade (playing card).
One who digs.
A gold miner, one who digs for gold.
An Australian soldier.
a friendly term of address, especially to a man.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English dyggar, equivalent to dig + -er.
In the sense of "Australian soldier", attributed to the considerable time that soldiers spent digging trenches during World War I.

Synonyms

excavator, power shovel, shovel

Scrabble Score: 9

digger is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
digger is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
digger is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

digger is a valid Words With Friends word