FUG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. FUG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept FUG?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUG is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How FUG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in FUG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does FUG mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
Warm stale air in a closed room.
Fug is British and quite specific: it needs people, heat and a shut window, and it is always faintly unpleasant. The word turned up in school stories of the 1880s and never entirely left them — it still sounds like a study with a fire in it.
How FUG is used
Uncountable: a fug in here. Chiefly British.
- There was a fug in the room by the second hour.
- Open a window and let the fug out.
- A fug needs people, heat and no ventilation.
- The word fug belongs to school stories of a certain age.
- Two hours and a paraffin heater will make a fug anywhere.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with FUG
Showing 24 of 52 words that begin with FUG.
Words with FUG inside
Showing 24 of 55 words that contain FUG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with FUG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in FUG
Common questions about FUG
- Is FUG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUG worth?
- FUG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUG mean?
- Warm stale air in a closed room.
- What letters can be added to FUG?
- FUG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of FUG:
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