SUGAR is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. SUGAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUGAR?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUGAR is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUGAR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUGAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in SUGAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What stands out about SUGAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SUGAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sweet crystalline substance obtained from plants such as sugar cane and sugar beet, used to sweeten food and drink.
Sugar is extracted from the juice of certain plants and refined into the white crystals used every day to sweeten tea, coffee, and countless recipes. Chemically it is mostly sucrose, one of a wider family of natural sweet carbohydrates found in living tissue. Beyond the kitchen, sugar is also used informally as a term of endearment and, in some contexts, as slang for certain narcotics.
How SUGAR is used
Used literally for the sweet substance, and informally as a term of endearment or, rarely, as slang for a drug.
- She added a spoonful of sugar to her tea.
- The recipe calls for a cup of sugar.
- Too much sugar in the diet can harm your teeth.
- He called his daughter sugar as a term of affection.
- Sugar cane is grown throughout the region.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUGAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUGAR
The 5 tiles of SUGAR in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with SUGAR
Showing 24 of 32 words that begin with SUGAR.
Words ending in SUGAR
2 words end in SUGAR. Useful as a back hook: play SUGAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with SUGAR inside
4 words contain SUGAR in the middle. Words that start with SUGAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in SUGAR
Common questions about SUGAR
- Is SUGAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUGAR, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUGAR worth?
- SUGAR is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUGAR mean?
- A sweet crystalline substance obtained from plants such as sugar cane and sugar beet, used to sweeten food and drink.
- What letters can be added to SUGAR?
- SUGAR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of SUGAR:
Open SUGAR in the Word Finder