URGE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. URGE 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 URGE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful URGE is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for URGE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How URGE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in URGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does URGE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To strongly encourage or press someone to do something, or to push something forward with force.
To urge a person is to try hard to persuade them to act, often through repeated appeals or pressure, while urge can also describe forcing or driving something onward physically. As a noun, an urge is the strong desire that pushes someone to act.
How URGE is used
Common verb and noun; as a noun it takes the article an, as in a sudden urge.
- Her friends urge her to apply for the job.
- The coach continued to urge the runners toward the finish line.
- Doctors urge patients to keep taking the full course of medicine.
- He felt he had to urge his point home a second time.
- The captain would urge the crew on through the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of URGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of URGE
The 4 tiles of URGE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with URGE
10 longer words begin with URGE.
Words ending in URGE
15 words end in URGE. Useful as a back hook: play URGE onto a word already on the board.
Words with URGE inside
Showing 24 of 167 words that contain URGE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with URGE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in URGE
Common questions about URGE
- Is URGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts URGE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is URGE worth?
- URGE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does URGE mean?
- To strongly encourage or press someone to do something, or to push something forward with force.
- What letters can be added to URGE?
- URGE takes 6 hooks: 3 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of URGE:
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