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Yes. The word gunge is a Scrabble US word. The word gunge is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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5-letter words (1 found)

GUNGE,

4-letter words (2 found)

GENU,GUNG,

3-letter words (8 found)

EGG,ENG,GEN,GNU,GUE,GUN,NEG,NUG,

2-letter words (6 found)

EN,GU,NE,NU,UG,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 18 words from gunge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of gunge

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Definitions and meaning of gunge

gunge

Etymology 1

See gong.

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of gong: an outhouse.

Etymology 2

First attested around 1935-40. Probably an alteration of gunk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌndʒ

Noun

gunge (usually uncountable, plural gunges)

  1. (British) A viscous or sticky substance, particularly an unpleasant one of vague or unknown composition; goo; gunk.
    Synonyms: goo, goop, grunge, gunk, slime
  2. (organic chemistry, informal) Tholin.
    • 11 January 1979, Dr Bernard Dixon (editor), "Grains between the stars account for spectra", in New Scientist:
      They call this solid material tholin (after the Greek word for muddy), but it seems likely that chemists will continue to call this rather familiar material “gunge.”
Derived terms
  • gungey/gungy

Verb

gunge (third-person singular simple present gunges, present participle gunging, simple past and past participle gunged)

  1. (often with up) To clog with gunge.
  2. (British) To cover with gunge.

Etymology 3

From Hindi गंज (gañj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʌnd͡ʒ/

Noun

gunge (plural gunges)

  1. (British India) Alternative spelling of ganj
References
  • Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “gunge”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

  • Geung

Albanian

Noun

gunge

  1. indefinite genitive/dative/ablative singular of gungë

Middle English

Adjective

gunge

  1. Alternative form of yong

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gunga or gān, which derives from Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”).

Verb

gunge

  1. (Mooring) to go

Conjugation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Suppletive:

  • For forms with -ng-, from Old Frisian gunga, from Proto-West Germanic *gangan. Cognates include Danish gange and Scots gang.
  • For forms without -ng-, from Old Frisian gān, from Proto-West Germanic *gān. Cognates include West Frisian gean and German gehen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣʊŋə/
  • Hyphenation: gun‧ge
  • Rhymes: -ʊŋə

Verb

gunge

  1. (intransitive) to go

Conjugation

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “gunge”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Source: wiktionary.org