TURGID is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. TURGID is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TURGID?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TURGID is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TURGID
No single letter turns TURGID into another word.
How TURGID scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TURGID, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does TURGID mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Swollen or puffed up; also, of writing or speech, overblown and pompous.
In its physical sense turgid describes something swollen with fluid, such as a river after storms or a plant cell full of water. The figurative sense is far more common today and is nearly always a criticism: a turgid speech is heavy, inflated and tiresome to get through. It comes from the Latin word for swollen, and it is often confused with turbid, which means muddy.
How TURGID is used
Used mainly as criticism of prose, speeches and bureaucratic style.
- The report was so turgid that nobody finished it.
- After the rain the turgid stream spilled over its banks.
- His turgid prose buried a simple idea under long sentences.
- A turgid plant stem stands upright because its cells are full of water.
- She sat through the turgid lecture without taking a single note.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TURGID and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TURGID
7 longer words begin with TURGID.
Shorter words from the letters in TURGID
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Common questions about TURGID
- Is TURGID valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TURGID, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TURGID worth?
- TURGID is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TURGID mean?
- Swollen or puffed up; also, of writing or speech, overblown and pompous.
- What letters can be added to TURGID?
- No single letter can be added to TURGID to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TURGID:
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