DUGONG is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. DUGONG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DUGONG?
| 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 DUGONG is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUGONG
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dugongsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUGONG scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DUGONG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 517,384.
What does DUGONG mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large plant-eating sea mammal of warm Indo-Pacific coastal waters, with a rounded body and a forked tail.
The dugong grazes on seagrass in shallow bays from East Africa to northern Australia and is the only living member of its family in the order Sirenia, which it shares with the manatees. Unlike a manatee it has a notched tail like a whale's, and the males grow short tusks. Sailors who glimpsed these animals at a distance may have helped start the old mermaid stories, and the word itself comes from Malay.
How DUGONG is used
General zoological term; the animal is protected in most of its range.
- A dugong surfaced briefly to breathe near the boat.
- Seagrass meadows are the home of the dugong.
- The guide pointed out the broad tail of a dugong below the water.
- Hunting has pushed the dugong toward extinction in places.
- Children drew a dugong with a long whiskered snout.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUGONG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DUGONG
The 6 tiles of DUGONG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DUGONG
1 longer words begin with DUGONG.
Shorter words from the letters in DUGONG
Common questions about DUGONG
- Is DUGONG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUGONG, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUGONG worth?
- DUGONG is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUGONG mean?
- A large plant-eating sea mammal of warm Indo-Pacific coastal waters, with a rounded body and a forked tail.
- What letters can be added to DUGONG?
- DUGONG takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DUGONG:
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