TRUG is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. TRUG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRUG?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRUG is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRUG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRUG scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in TRUG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 9,077.
What does TRUG mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A shallow wooden basket with a handle, used for carrying garden produce or cut flowers.
A trug is traditionally made from strips of wood and is carried by gardeners to hold vegetables, fruit or flowers as they are gathered. The word and the basket itself are especially associated with English gardening.
How TRUG is used
Countable noun, common among British gardeners; plural is trugs.
- She filled the trug with freshly cut roses.
- He carried a trug of tomatoes in from the greenhouse.
- The gardener rested his trug on the wall while he worked.
- A wicker trug hung by the shed door.
- They gave her a small trug as a gardening gift.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRUG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRUG
3 longer words begin with TRUG.
Words with TRUG inside
12 words contain TRUG in the middle. Words that start with TRUG are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in TRUG
Common questions about TRUG
- Is TRUG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRUG, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRUG worth?
- TRUG is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRUG mean?
- A shallow wooden basket with a handle, used for carrying garden produce or cut flowers.
- What letters can be added to TRUG?
- TRUG takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of TRUG:
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