BUG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BUG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BUG?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BUG is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BUG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bugsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BUG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BUG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does BUG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small insect of any kind.
Bug meant an insect first and a fault in a machine second, and the story about a moth found in a computer in 1947 is true but is not the origin — engineers had been calling faults bugs since at least the 1870s. The sense of listening secretly is younger than both.
How BUG is used
Countable: a bug, two bugs. Also a verb.
- The bug was in the code and not in the data.
- A bug got into the flour and ruined the sack.
- They bugged the room and heard nothing useful.
- A fault was called a bug long before the moth was found.
- Two bugs fixed and a third one created.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BUG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BUG
The 3 tiles of BUG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BUG
Showing 24 of 54 words that begin with BUG.
Words ending in BUG
Showing 24 of 28 words that end in BUG. Useful as a back hook: play BUG onto a word already on the board.
Words with BUG inside
Showing 24 of 46 words that contain BUG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BUG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BUG
Common questions about BUG
- Is BUG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BUG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BUG worth?
- BUG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BUG mean?
- A small insect of any kind.
- What letters can be added to BUG?
- BUG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BUG:
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