DURGY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. DURGY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DURGY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DURGY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DURGY
No single letter turns DURGY into another word.
How DURGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DURGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does DURGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Dwarfish or stumpy in build.
Durgy is a Scots dialect word used to describe a person or animal that is short and thickset, closer in shape to a dwarf than to someone merely small. The word survives mainly in older Scots glossaries and word-game lists rather than in everyday speech. It carries no insult in itself, working as a plain descriptive term for stocky, low stature.
How DURGY is used
Scots dialect; found in older glossaries rather than in current speech.
- The old shepherd called the durgy pony sturdy rather than small.
- A durgy build made him better suited to hauling than to running.
- The word durgy describes a short, thickset frame.
- She read durgy in a list of Scots words and had never heard it spoken.
- Durgy cattle were prized for strength on rough ground.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DURGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DURGY
The 5 tiles of DURGY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in DURGY
Common questions about DURGY
- Is DURGY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DURGY is not in it.
- How many points is DURGY worth?
- DURGY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DURGY mean?
- Dwarfish or stumpy in build.
- What letters can be added to DURGY?
- No single letter can be added to DURGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DURGY:
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