KLUDGY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. KLUDGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KLUDGY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KLUDGY is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KLUDGY
No single letter turns KLUDGY into another word.
How KLUDGY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in KLUDGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What stands out about KLUDGY
- KLUDGY 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 KLUDGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Clumsily or awkwardly put together from parts that fit badly.
Programmers call a fix kludgy when it works but is ugly and hard to maintain. The word comes from kludge, a rough workaround.
How KLUDGY is used
Used informally in computing and engineering talk.
- The kludgy script broke whenever the data changed.
- It was a kludgy solution but it worked.
- Everyone complained about the kludgy interface.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KLUDGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in KLUDGY
Common questions about KLUDGY
- Is KLUDGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KLUDGY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KLUDGY worth?
- KLUDGY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KLUDGY mean?
- Clumsily or awkwardly put together from parts that fit badly.
- What letters can be added to KLUDGY?
- No single letter can be added to KLUDGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of KLUDGY:
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