VUG is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. VUG is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VUG?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VUG is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 3.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VUG
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VUG scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in VUG, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What does VUG mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The everyday geological term for a rock cavity that gave crystal collectors their best finds, more common in print than its variant vugg.
A vug is where minerals had room to grow properly, which is why the best specimens in any collection came out of one. The word is Cornish and reached geology through mining, and it is among very few Cornish words in technical English.
How VUG is used
Countable: a vug, two vugs. Chiefly geological.
- The vug was the size of a fist and full of quartz.
- Crystals grow properly only where there is a vug to grow into.
- They broke into a vug and stopped work for an hour.
- The word vug is Cornish and came through mining.
- Two vugs in one specimen is unusual.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VUG and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VUG
The 3 tiles of VUG in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with VUG
12 longer words begin with VUG.
Shorter words from the letters in VUG
Common questions about VUG
- Is VUG valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VUG, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VUG worth?
- VUG is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VUG mean?
- The everyday geological term for a rock cavity that gave crystal collectors their best finds, more common in print than its variant vugg.
- What letters can be added to VUG?
- VUG takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of VUG:
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