SUGO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 5 points
It depends on the list you play by. SUGO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 5 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept SUGO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUGO is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUGO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sugosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUGO scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SUGO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does SUGO mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thick Italian sauce, usually tomato-based, cooked slowly with meat or vegetables and served over pasta.
Sugo comes from Italian cooking, where the word simply means sauce. In English it is borrowed specifically for the long-simmered tomato and meat sauce ladled over pasta such as tagliatelle or gnocchi.
How SUGO is used
Used mainly in recipes and restaurant menus describing Italian-style pasta sauces.
- The chef simmered the sugo for three hours before tossing it with fresh pasta.
- Grandmother's sugo always included a splash of red wine and slow-cooked pork.
- We ordered gnocchi topped with a rich tomato sugo.
- The jar of sugo sat bubbling gently on the back burner all afternoon.
- A good sugo needs time, not heat, to develop its flavour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUGO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with SUGO
1 longer words begin with SUGO.
Shorter words from the letters in SUGO
Common questions about SUGO
- Is SUGO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and SUGO is not in it.
- How many points is SUGO worth?
- SUGO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUGO mean?
- A thick Italian sauce, usually tomato-based, cooked slowly with meat or vegetables and served over pasta.
- What letters can be added to SUGO?
- SUGO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SUGO:
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