PUGGY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PUGGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUGGY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUGGY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 2.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUGGY
Front hooks — 1
spuggyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PUGGY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUGGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,568 thousand.
What does PUGGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
rare
Resembling a pug, especially having a short, flat, wrinkled face.
Puggy is used mainly to describe a face or nose shaped like that of a pug dog, meaning short, flat and often wrinkled rather than long and pointed. Breeders and dog owners sometimes use it about other breeds that share this compressed facial shape. The word is uncommon outside descriptions of dogs and, occasionally, human faces with a similar snub-nosed look.
How PUGGY is used
Rare and mainly descriptive, used chiefly about dogs with a short, flat face similar to a pug.
- The puppy already had a puggy little face.
- His puggy nose wrinkled when he laughed.
- The breed standard calls for a puggy muzzle.
- She loved the dog's puggy, wrinkled expression.
- Cartoonists often draw bulldogs with puggy faces.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUGGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PUGGY
1 words end in PUGGY. Useful as a back hook: play PUGGY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PUGGY
Common questions about PUGGY
- Is PUGGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUGGY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUGGY worth?
- PUGGY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUGGY mean?
- Resembling a pug, especially having a short, flat, wrinkled face.
- What letters can be added to PUGGY?
- PUGGY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUGGY:
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