LUSHY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. LUSHY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept LUSHY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LUSHY is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LUSHY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How LUSHY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LUSHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 294,092.
What does LUSHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
slangarchaic
Drunk or tipsy from having had too much to drink.
Someone described as lushy has had too much to drink, though the word leans toward a mild or comic tone rather than a harsh one. It comes from the older slang noun lush for an alcoholic drink, and it turns up mostly in nineteenth and early twentieth century slang rather than in speech today.
How LUSHY is used
Old-fashioned slang; found in period fiction more often than in modern conversation.
- By midnight the whole party was thoroughly lushy.
- He staggered home lushy after the wedding feast.
- The old novel calls its comic sidekick lushy from the first chapter.
- She refused to dance with anyone that lushy.
- A lushy guest knocked over two chairs before the night ended.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LUSHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in LUSHY
3 words end in LUSHY. Useful as a back hook: play LUSHY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in LUSHY
Common questions about LUSHY
- Is LUSHY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and LUSHY is not in it.
- How many points is LUSHY worth?
- LUSHY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LUSHY mean?
- Drunk or tipsy from having had too much to drink.
- What letters can be added to LUSHY?
- LUSHY takes 3 hooks: 3 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LUSHY:
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