HUNGRY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HUNGRY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HUNGRY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HUNGRY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HUNGRY
Front hooks — 1
ahungryBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How HUNGRY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in HUNGRY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about HUNGRY
- HUNGRY gets by on a single vowel across 6 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does HUNGRY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Feeling a need or wish to eat, or having a strong desire for something.
Someone who is hungry has an empty stomach and wants food, a feeling that grows from a mild appetite into real discomfort if it is ignored. The word stretches easily beyond meals: a hungry mind longs for knowledge, and a person hungry for success will work very hard to reach it. It descends from an old Germanic root tied to hunger, the noun, and has been in English for over a thousand years.
How HUNGRY is used
Used of people and animals for the plain bodily feeling, and with for or a noun phrase for any strong craving; compare thirsty and starving.
- The children came home from school cold and hungry.
- After a day on the trail we were far too hungry to talk.
- She was hungry for news of her family abroad.
- A hungry fox circled the henhouse at dusk.
- He had a hungry look that no meal seemed to cure.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HUNGRY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in HUNGRY
Common questions about HUNGRY
- Is HUNGRY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HUNGRY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HUNGRY worth?
- HUNGRY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HUNGRY mean?
- Feeling a need or wish to eat, or having a strong desire for something.
- What letters can be added to HUNGRY?
- HUNGRY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of HUNGRY:
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