GUNGY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. GUNGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GUNGY?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GUNGY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GUNGY
No single letter turns GUNGY into another word.
How GUNGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GUNGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does GUNGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informalBritish
Unpleasantly sticky, grimy, or covered in a messy residue.
Gungy is British informal speech for anything coated in an unwelcome film of dirt or sticky residue, such as an old sink or a forgotten piece of food. The word is closely related to gunge, the noun for the sticky substance itself, and both terms became especially familiar through British children's television game shows that doused contestants in colorful slime.
How GUNGY is used
Casual British slang, common in everyday speech about mess and grime rather than formal writing.
- The drain cover was gungy with weeks of built-up grime.
- He wiped down the gungy countertop before starting to cook.
- Nobody wanted to touch the gungy sponge left by the sink.
- Her trainers looked gungy after the muddy cross-country run.
- The old paintbrush had turned gungy from dried paint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GUNGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in GUNGY
Common questions about GUNGY
- Is GUNGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GUNGY, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GUNGY worth?
- GUNGY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GUNGY mean?
- Unpleasantly sticky, grimy, or covered in a messy residue.
- What letters can be added to GUNGY?
- No single letter can be added to GUNGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GUNGY:
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