VUGHY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. VUGHY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept VUGHY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VUGHY is to know. It scores 15 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 2.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VUGHY
No single letter turns VUGHY into another word.
How VUGHY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VUGHY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 784,245.
What does VUGHY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Full of vughs, the small cavities found in rock that are often lined with crystals.
Rock described as vughy is riddled with small hollow spaces, called vughs, which form as gas bubbles or as minerals dissolve away over time. These cavities are frequently lined with tiny crystals, making vughy rock a common source of small mineral specimens. Geologists and collectors use the word to describe such porous, cavity-filled stone.
How VUGHY is used
A specialist geological term, also spelled vuggy, and rarely met outside mineral collecting or rock description.
- The collector prized the vughy quartz for its tiny crystal linings.
- A vughy section of the cave wall sparkled under the torchlight.
- The geologist noted how vughy the limestone had become.
- Vughy rock crumbled more easily than the solid stone beside it.
- They searched the vughy outcrop for hidden agate pockets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VUGHY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VUGHY
Common questions about VUGHY
- Is VUGHY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and VUGHY is not in it.
- How many points is VUGHY worth?
- VUGHY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VUGHY mean?
- Full of vughs, the small cavities found in rock that are often lined with crystals.
- What letters can be added to VUGHY?
- No single letter can be added to VUGHY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VUGHY:
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