Is FUG a Scrabble word?
Yes. FUG is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends.
Meaning A heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded or poorly ventilated area.
Noun 2 meanings
A heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded or poorly ventilated area.
A state of chaos or confusion; a daze.
Verb 4 meanings
To create a fug (“heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere”; etymology 1, noun sense 1) in (a place).
To surround (someone or something) with a fug (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
To put (someone or something) into a fug (“daze”; etymology 1, noun sense 2); to confuse, to daze.
To create a fug (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
Etymology
The origin of the noun is unknown; originally dialectal and school slang, it is possibly derived from or related to one of the following: * Fog (“thick cloud that forms near the ground”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to blow; to be blown away”) and from Proto-Indo-European *pew-, *pewg-, *pow- (“to billow; to blow; to drift”).
FUG at a glance
FUG has 3 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (F 4 + U 1 + G 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #67,683 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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