DUG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. DUG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUG?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUG is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dugsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DUG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,369.
What does DUG mean in Scrabble?
noun
The teat or udder of a female animal.
Dug as a noun is quite separate from the past tense of digging, which happens to be spelled the same way. It is old, its origin is unclear, and today it sounds either rural or deliberately rude depending on who says it.
How DUG is used
Countable: a dug, two dugs. Chiefly of animals.
- The lamb found the dug within a minute of being born.
- A dug is the teat of an animal and nothing else.
- The noun dug has nothing to do with the verb.
- Two dugs on a ewe and four on a cow.
- The word dug now sounds rural or rude.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUG
7 longer words begin with DUG.
Words ending in DUG
2 words end in DUG. Useful as a back hook: play DUG onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUG inside
7 words contain DUG in the middle. Words that start with DUG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUG
Common questions about DUG
- Is DUG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUG, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUG worth?
- DUG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUG mean?
- The teat or udder of a female animal.
- What letters can be added to DUG?
- DUG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DUG:
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