FUGLY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. FUGLY 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept FUGLY?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful FUGLY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for FUGLY
No single letter turns FUGLY into another word.
How FUGLY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in FUGLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| f | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does FUGLY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalslangoffensive
A crude slang word for extremely ugly, blending an intensifying swear word with ugly.
Fugly is used almost entirely to insult somebody's or something's appearance in the strongest informal terms, most often about objects, clothing, or buildings rather than a person's face; reviewers reach for fugly precisely because it sounds cruder than plain ugly. It belongs to the same family of blended slang as words that fuse a swear word onto an ordinary adjective for extra force. Because it echoes a taboo word, most style guides mark fugly as coarse and unsuitable for polite or formal writing.
How FUGLY is used
Coarse slang; avoided in formal writing because it echoes a taboo word.
- They agreed the new sofa was completely fugly.
- He called the renovation fugly and refused to pay for it.
- The website mocked the car as the most fugly model of the year.
- She thought the wallpaper was fugly the moment she saw it.
- Reviewers used fugly more than once to describe the building.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of FUGLY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of FUGLY
The 5 tiles of FUGLY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in FUGLY
Common questions about FUGLY
- Is FUGLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts FUGLY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is FUGLY worth?
- FUGLY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does FUGLY mean?
- A crude slang word for extremely ugly, blending an intensifying swear word with ugly.
- What letters can be added to FUGLY?
- No single letter can be added to FUGLY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of FUGLY:
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