DUNG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DUNG 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 DUNG?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DUNG is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DUNG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DUNG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in DUNG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does DUNG mean in Scrabble?
noun
The excrement of animals, especially when it is used to fertilize soil.
Farmers spread dung on fields because it is rich in the nutrients plants need to grow, and a pile of dung in a barnyard is simply waste from cattle, horses or other livestock. The word can also be used as a verb meaning to spread this material on ground, but its everyday use is as the plain, slightly blunt name for animal waste.
How DUNG is used
Blunter and more direct than manure; common in farming contexts.
- The farmer spread dung across the field before planting.
- Beetles rolled balls of dung across the dry ground.
- The stable had to be cleared of dung every morning.
- They mixed straw with dung to make the compost heap.
- A thin trail of dung showed where the herd had passed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DUNG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DUNG
23 longer words begin with DUNG.
Words ending in DUNG
2 words end in DUNG. Useful as a back hook: play DUNG onto a word already on the board.
Words with DUNG inside
18 words contain DUNG in the middle. Words that start with DUNG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DUNG
Common questions about DUNG
- Is DUNG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DUNG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DUNG worth?
- DUNG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DUNG mean?
- The excrement of animals, especially when it is used to fertilize soil.
- What letters can be added to DUNG?
- DUNG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of DUNG:
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