GUNGE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. GUNGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUNGE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUNGE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUNGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GUNGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GUNGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does GUNGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishinformal
An unpleasant, sticky, or messy substance, especially one that clogs or coats something.
Gunge is a casual British word for grime that builds up somewhere it should not be, such as a drain clogged with gunge or a keyboard coated in gunge from spilled food. British television game shows made the word familiar to a wider audience by tipping buckets of coloured, sticky gunge over contestants for comic effect. The related verb to gunge means to cover or clog something with this kind of mess, as when a blocked pipe gunges up over time.
How GUNGE is used
Informal British usage, common in everyday speech about mess and grime and in the phrase gunge tank from television game shows.
- A thick layer of gunge had built up inside the old kettle.
- He scraped the gunge out of the drain with a wire brush.
- The presenter was covered in green gunge during the show.
- Sticky gunge from the spilled soda coated the keyboard.
- She warned the children not to touch the gunge on the fence.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUNGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GUNGE
2 longer words begin with GUNGE.
Shorter words from the letters in GUNGE
Common questions about GUNGE
- Is GUNGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUNGE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUNGE worth?
- GUNGE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUNGE mean?
- An unpleasant, sticky, or messy substance, especially one that clogs or coats something.
- What letters can be added to GUNGE?
- GUNGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GUNGE:
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