DRUDGE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DRUDGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DRUDGE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DRUDGE is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DRUDGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DRUDGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DRUDGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does DRUDGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who is made to do dull, hard and badly rewarded work.
A drudge is someone whose days are filled with unglamorous labour and little recognition, such as a kitchen servant of the past or a junior clerk copying papers by hand. The word is of uncertain origin and is first recorded in the sixteenth century. As a verb, to drudge means to carry on such work, and the related drudgery names the toil itself.
How DRUDGE is used
General English; slightly literary, often used with sympathy or irony.
- The cook treated the new girl as a drudge for the whole season.
- He refused to be the office drudge any longer.
- In the novel the orphan begins as a drudge in a cruel household.
- No drudge could have kept up that pace for years.
- She felt like a drudge, scrubbing the same floors each morning.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DRUDGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DRUDGE
6 longer words begin with DRUDGE.
Shorter words from the letters in DRUDGE
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Common questions about DRUDGE
- Is DRUDGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DRUDGE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DRUDGE worth?
- DRUDGE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DRUDGE mean?
- A person who is made to do dull, hard and badly rewarded work.
- What letters can be added to DRUDGE?
- DRUDGE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DRUDGE:
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