KLUGE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KLUGE 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 KLUGE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KLUGE is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KLUGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KLUGE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in KLUGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does KLUGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
informaltechnical
An improvised solution built from mismatched parts, especially in computing or engineering, that works despite being clumsy or inelegant.
A kluge gets a system running again quickly by patching together whatever is on hand rather than redesigning it properly, so programmers reach for the word when a fix feels more like a workaround than a real solution. The same idea covers hardware, where an engineer might bolt together spare components into a kluge that keeps a machine limping along until a proper part arrives. Kluge is also used as a verb, so a team might kluge together a fix the night before a deadline, and the alternate spelling kludge is just as common.
How KLUGE is used
Common in software and engineering circles as both a noun for the makeshift fix and a verb for building one.
- The server crashed until an engineer kluged together a temporary fix.
- Everyone knew the workaround was a kluge, but it held for months.
- He wired a kluge of spare parts to keep the old radio working.
- The patch was a kluge, not a real solution to the bug.
- Their whole system had become a tower of kluges nobody wanted to touch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KLUGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of KLUGE
The 5 tiles of KLUGE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with KLUGE
2 longer words begin with KLUGE.
Shorter words from the letters in KLUGE
Common questions about KLUGE
- Is KLUGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KLUGE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KLUGE worth?
- KLUGE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KLUGE mean?
- An improvised solution built from mismatched parts, especially in computing or engineering, that works despite being clumsy or inelegant.
- What letters can be added to KLUGE?
- KLUGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of KLUGE:
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