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Is nugget a Scrabble word?

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

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Is nugget a Scrabble UK word?

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

N1U1G2G2E1T1

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Yes. The word nugget is a Words With Friends word. The word nugget is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

N2U2G3G3E1T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

NUGGET,

5-letter words (2 found)

GUNGE,UNGET,

4-letter words (7 found)

GENT,GENU,GUNG,TEGG,TEGU,TUNE,TUNG,

3-letter words (17 found)

EGG,ENG,GEN,GET,GNU,GUE,GUN,GUT,NEG,NET,NUG,NUT,TEG,TEN,TUG,TUN,UTE,

2-letter words (9 found)

EN,ET,GU,NE,NU,TE,UG,UN,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 37 words from nugget according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nugget

nugget

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a rebracketed alteration of an ingot as a ni(n)got. Alternatively, likely a diminutive of dialectal nug (“lump, block”) +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: nŭg'ət, IPA(key): /ˈnʌɡət/

Noun

nugget (countable and uncountable, plural nuggets)

  1. (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
  2. (countable) A chicken nugget.
  3. (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.
  4. (countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
  5. (uncountable) A type of boot polish.
  6. (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
  7. (countable, slang) An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
  8. (computing theory) A partial description gleaned from data mining.
  9. (slang, countable) A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
  10. (Australia, slang, countable) An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition.

Derived terms

  • chicken nugget
  • fuck nugget
  • nugg
  • nuggetlike
  • nuggies
  • nugget of truth
  • nuggety
  • red nugget galaxy

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: nugget

Translations

Verb

nugget (third-person singular simple present nuggets, present participle nuggetting, simple past and past participle nuggetted)

  1. To find nuggets (of something valuable)
  2. (slang, Australia, New Zealand) To smear a male's genitals or anus with boot polish or similar substance against his will.

Further reading

  • Jonathon Green (2024) “nugget v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English nugget.

Pronunciation

Noun

nugget m (plural nuggets)

  1. chicken nugget

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nugget.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nugget.

Noun

nugget c

  1. a gold nugget
  2. a nugget (food product, for example a chicken nugget)

References

  • nugget in Svensk ordbok (SO)

Source: wiktionary.org