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Is nug a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nug is a Scrabble US word. The word nug is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

N1U1G2

Is nug a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nug is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

N1U1G2

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3-letter words (3 found)

GNU,GUN,NUG,

2-letter words (4 found)

GU,NU,UG,UN,

You can make 7 words from nug according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nug

nug

English

Etymology 1

From dialectal nug, nog, knog (“a knot, lump, block, a misshapen mass of anything, peg, linchpin”), also found in Scots nug, nugg, nogg (“small block of wood, peg, pin”), of uncertain origin. Probably from earlier *knug, *knugg, *knogg, related to dialectal Norwegian knugg (“knot, knob”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knuk- (“to ball up, mass together”), making it further related to English knock and knuckle.

Alternative forms

  • nudge, nugg, nogg, nog, knog

Pronunciation

Noun

nug (plural nugs)

  1. (West Country) A lump; a block.

References

  • Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎[1], volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 309

Etymology 2

Clipping of nugget, from the sense above.

Alternative forms

  • nugg

Noun

nug (plural nugs)

  1. (slang) A piece of marijuana.
    Synonym: bud
  2. (chiefly slang) A chicken nugget.
    Synonym: nuggie

References

  • Eric Partridge (2005) “nug”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 2 (J–Z), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 703.

Etymology 3

Noun

nug (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of noog (“Guizotia abyssinica”).

Anagrams

  • Ung, gnu, gun, NGU, GNU, Gun, UNG, Ngu, NGu

Welsh

Verb

nug

  1. nasal mutation of dug

Mutation

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong *nɛŋᶜ (“to ask”); related to Proto-Mien *nu̯aiᶜ (“id”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu˧˩̤/

Verb

nug

  1. to ask; to question

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[2], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 142.

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