SCROUNGY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. SCROUNGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCROUNGY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCROUNGY is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCROUNGY
No single letter turns SCROUNGY into another word.
How SCROUNGY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCROUNGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCROUNGY has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about SCROUNGY
- All 8 letters of SCROUNGY are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SCROUNGY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Dirty, shabby and slovenly in appearance.
A scroungy coat or a scroungy stray dog looks as if no one has cared for it in a long time. The word grows from scrounge, a verb for cadging or hunting out odds and ends.
How SCROUNGY is used
Used informally, mostly in American English, for untidy things and people.
- A scroungy dog followed us down the alley.
- He wore a scroungy sweater full of holes.
- The motel room was cheap and scroungy.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCROUNGY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCROUNGY
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Common questions about SCROUNGY
- Is SCROUNGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCROUNGY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCROUNGY worth?
- SCROUNGY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCROUNGY mean?
- Dirty, shabby and slovenly in appearance.
- What letters can be added to SCROUNGY?
- No single letter can be added to SCROUNGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCROUNGY:
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