PUDDY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. PUDDY 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 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PUDDY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUDDY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUDDY
Front hooks — 1
spuddyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PUDDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUDDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 784,245.
What does PUDDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectScots
A toad, in older Scots dialect usage.
The word puddy appears in northern rhymes and folk tales as a homely nickname for a small, cold-skinned creature that hops through damp gardens rather than crawls. The label belongs to informal spoken tradition, and today it survives chiefly in glossaries and quoted verse rather than everyday talk.
How PUDDY is used
Regional Scots usage, rarely met outside dialect writing.
- The old rhyme warns children not to touch a puddy.
- A fat puddy sat under the stone by the byre.
- Local children called every toad in the garden a puddy.
- The glossary lists puddy alongside other country names for the toad.
- She remembered her grandmother telling stories about a talking puddy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUDDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PUDDY
1 words end in PUDDY. Useful as a back hook: play PUDDY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PUDDY
Common questions about PUDDY
- Is PUDDY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PUDDY is not in it.
- How many points is PUDDY worth?
- PUDDY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUDDY mean?
- A toad, in older Scots dialect usage.
- What letters can be added to PUDDY?
- PUDDY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUDDY:
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