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Is lurgy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lurgy is a Scrabble US word. The word lurgy is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is lurgy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lurgy is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

L1U1R1G2Y4

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5-letter words (2 found)

GURLY,LURGY,

4-letter words (4 found)

GULY,GURL,RULY,UGLY,

3-letter words (8 found)

GUL,GUR,GUY,LUG,LUR,RUG,RYU,YUG,

2-letter words (4 found)

GU,UG,UR,YU,

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

All 5 letters words made out of lurgy

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Definitions and meaning of lurgy

lurgy

Alternative forms

  • lurgi, lurgey, lurgee

Etymology

A nonce word popularized by Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes, scriptwriters for a 9 November 1954 programme of The Goon Show, "Lurgi Strikes Britain", in which Ned Seagoon must deal with a national outbreak of a highly dangerous, highly infectious and — as it turns out — highly fictitious disease known as the Dreaded Lurgi. Folk etymologies for this word include:

  • that it is a corruption and contraction of the term allergy. This is not supported by the use of the hard /ɡ/ in lurgi (rhyming with Fergie), as allergy has a soft 'g' /dʒ/.
  • that it is based on the Northern English dialectal phrase fever-lurgy (“lazy or idle”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: lû(r)ʹgē, IPA(key): /ˈlɜː(ɹ)ɡi/
  • (US) enPR: lûrʹge, IPA(key): /ˈlɝɡi/

Noun

lurgy (plural lurgies)

  1. (British, slang) A fictitious, highly infectious disease; often used in the phrase "the dreaded lurgi", sometimes as a reference to flu-like symptoms
  2. (British, slang) Any uncategorised disease with symptoms similar to a cold or flu that renders one unable to work.

Usage notes

  • Phrases like "I've got the lurgi" are commonly heard when somebody is explaining why they cannot attend a social occasion, come to work, etc.
  • The term is also used in the context of playground games. For example, "You can't play with us; you've got the lurgi!" could be used when excluding another child from a group.

References

See also

  • cootie

Anagrams

  • gurly

Source: wiktionary.org