PUKEY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PUKEY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUKEY?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUKEY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUKEY
No single letter turns PUKEY into another word.
How PUKEY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUKEY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does PUKEY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Causing nausea, or resembling vomit in colour, smell or appearance.
Pukey is a casual word for anything so unpleasant that it turns the stomach, whether a smell, a colour or a piece of food. Children and adults alike use pukey to describe a sickly greenish colour or a nauseating odour without reaching for more clinical language. The term comes directly from the verb puke, keeping the same informal, slightly childish tone. It appears mostly in spoken English and informal writing rather than in careful prose.
How PUKEY is used
Informal and somewhat childish; used in casual speech about disgusting smells, colours or feelings of nausea.
- The bus fumes left him feeling pukey.
- She painted the wall a pukey shade of green.
- The smell from the bin was pukey enough to make them gag.
- He described the medicine as tasting pukey and bitter.
- The roller coaster ride made half the class pukey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUKEY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PUKEY
Common questions about PUKEY
- Is PUKEY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUKEY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUKEY worth?
- PUKEY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUKEY mean?
- Causing nausea, or resembling vomit in colour, smell or appearance.
- What letters can be added to PUKEY?
- No single letter can be added to PUKEY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUKEY:
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