PUG is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PUG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUG?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUG is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PUG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does PUG mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small dog with a flat face and a curled tail.
The pug was bred as a companion in China and reached Europe with Dutch traders in the sixteenth century, which is why it appears in paintings long before most other breeds. The flat face causes breathing trouble that the animal did not originally have.
How PUG is used
Countable: a pug, two pugs.
- The pug snores loudly enough to be heard downstairs.
- A pug appears in Dutch paintings two centuries early.
- The flat face of a pug is a recent breeding decision.
- Two pugs and a sofa is a full sofa.
- A pug cannot cool itself the way a longer nose can.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PUG
The 3 tiles of PUG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PUG
Showing 24 of 46 words that begin with PUG.
Words ending in PUG
1 words end in PUG. Useful as a back hook: play PUG onto a word already on the board.
Words with PUG inside
Showing 24 of 53 words that contain PUG somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PUG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PUG
Common questions about PUG
- Is PUG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUG, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUG worth?
- PUG is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUG mean?
- A small dog with a flat face and a curled tail.
- What letters can be added to PUG?
- PUG takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PUG:
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