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Is fugu a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fugu is a Scrabble US word. The word fugu is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is fugu a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fugu is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Yes. The word fugu is a Words With Friends word. The word fugu is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

FUGU,

3-letter words (1 found)

FUG,

2-letter words (3 found)

FU,GU,UG,

You can make 5 words from fugu according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of fugu

fugu ufgu fguu gfuu ugfu gufu fuug ufug fuug ufug uufg uufg fguu gfuu fugu ufgu gufu ugfu uguf guuf uugf uugf guuf uguf

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word fugu. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in fugu.

Definitions and meaning of fugu

fugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 河豚 (fugu, “blowfish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfuː.ɡuː/

Noun

fugu (uncountable)

  1. Blowfish: a delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins.

Translations

Aromanian

Verb

fugu first-singular present indicative

  1. Alternative form of fug

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese fogo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu fogu.

Noun

fugu

  1. fire

Japanese

Romanization

fugu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ふぐ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of フグ

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fugu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfu.ɡu/
  • Rhymes: -uɡu
  • Syllabification: fu‧gu

Noun

fugu f (indeclinable)

  1. spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix)
    Synonyms: diodon, diodon jeżyk, jeżoryb, jeżówka, najeżka, rozdymka, rybojeż
  2. fugu (delicacy popular in Japan served raw as sushi that may, if improperly prepared, contain deadly levels of neurotoxins)

Further reading

  • fugu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fugu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 河豚 (fugu, “blowfish”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: fu‧gu

Noun

fugu m (plural fugus)

  1. fugu (blowfish, as a Japanese delicacy)

See also

  • baiacu

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfu.ɡu]

Verb

fugu

  1. (stative) to be hunched

Conjugation

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yogad

Noun

fugú

  1. island

Source: wiktionary.org