THUGGEE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. THUGGEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THUGGEE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THUGGEE is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THUGGEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
thuggeesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How THUGGEE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in THUGGEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684 thousand.
What does THUGGEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The organised robbery and murder of travellers by gangs in India, practised until the nineteenth century.
Thuggee was blamed on bands who befriended travellers on the road and then strangled them. British officials in the 1830s ran a campaign to wipe it out. Historians still argue over how much of the story was fact and how much colonial exaggeration.
How THUGGEE is used
Used in history books and in writing about British rule in India.
- The campaign against thuggee began in the 1830s.
- Stories of thuggee frightened travellers on the old roads.
- Scholars have questioned how widespread thuggee really was.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THUGGEE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THUGGEE
1 longer words begin with THUGGEE.
Shorter words from the letters in THUGGEE
Common questions about THUGGEE
- Is THUGGEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THUGGEE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THUGGEE worth?
- THUGGEE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THUGGEE mean?
- The organised robbery and murder of travellers by gangs in India, practised until the nineteenth century.
- What letters can be added to THUGGEE?
- THUGGEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of THUGGEE:
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