NUGGET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. NUGGET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NUGGET?
| 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 NUGGET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NUGGET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NUGGET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in NUGGET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does NUGGET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small solid lump of a valuable metal such as gold, or by extension any small valuable piece of something.
Prospectors panning a stream hope to find a nugget of gold sitting loose among the gravel, already formed by nature rather than melted and cast. The word has spread well beyond mining, so a nugget of advice or a nugget of information now means a small but genuinely useful piece of insight, much as a real nugget is small but valuable. In casual American English, nugget also names a small piece of breaded and fried chicken, showing how far the original mining term has traveled.
How NUGGET is used
Common in everyday speech, both literally for lumps of metal and figuratively for a small useful piece of information.
- The miner pulled a heavy gold nugget from the streambed.
- Buried in the report was a useful nugget of information about the budget.
- She shared one last nugget of advice before the interview.
- The children ordered chicken nuggets and fries for lunch.
- Even a small nugget of praise from the coach meant a great deal to him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NUGGET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NUGGET
8 longer words begin with NUGGET.
Shorter words from the letters in NUGGET
Common questions about NUGGET
- Is NUGGET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NUGGET, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NUGGET worth?
- NUGGET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NUGGET mean?
- A small solid lump of a valuable metal such as gold, or by extension any small valuable piece of something.
- What letters can be added to NUGGET?
- NUGGET takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of NUGGET:
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