Is PUG a Scrabble word?
Yes. PUG is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Senses relating to someone or something small.
Noun 3 meanings
Senses relating to someone or something small.
The footprint or pawprint of an animal; a pugmark.
Clay, soil, or other material which has been mixed and worked until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and thus suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.; also, any other material with a similar consistency or function, especially (Australia) auriferous (“gold-bearing”) clay.
Verb 4 meanings
To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5, noun sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
To mix and work (wet clay) until flexible, soft, and free from air pockets and suitable for making bricks, pottery, etc.
“to pug clay ready for shaping”
To pull or tug (something).
Followed by at: to pull or tug.
Etymology
Origin unknown, possibly related to West Flemish pugge (“(adjective) small; (noun) short person; pet name derived from the first name Pugge”); though it is uncertain whether sense 1 (“senses relating to someone or something small”) and sense 2 (“senses relating to people”) are derived from the same source.
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PUG at a glance
PUG has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (P 3 + U 1 + G 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #24,554 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
Words ending in -PUG
More endings- SPUG7
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