SLUDGE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SLUDGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLUDGE?
| 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 SLUDGE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLUDGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLUDGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SLUDGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does SLUDGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
Thick, soft, wet mud or a similar semi-liquid mass of waste.
Sludge turns up wherever solids settle out of liquid: at the bottom of a pond, in an oil tank, or as the leftover from treating sewage. It suggests something dirty, slow-moving and unpleasant to handle. People also use the word figuratively for anything dull and heavy that is hard to get through.
How SLUDGE is used
Used literally for industrial and natural muck, and figuratively for heavy, sluggish things.
- A layer of grey sludge covered the floor of the tank.
- The engine seized because old oil had turned to sludge.
- Workers dredged the sludge from the bottom of the canal.
- He waded through sludge up to his knees.
- The report was a sludge of figures that nobody wanted to read.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLUDGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SLUDGE
2 longer words begin with SLUDGE.
Shorter words from the letters in SLUDGE
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Common questions about SLUDGE
- Is SLUDGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLUDGE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLUDGE worth?
- SLUDGE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLUDGE mean?
- Thick, soft, wet mud or a similar semi-liquid mass of waste.
- What letters can be added to SLUDGE?
- SLUDGE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SLUDGE:
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