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Is scunge a Scrabble word?

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

S1C3U1N1G2E1

Is scunge a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1C3U1N1G2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

SCUNGE,

5-letter words (3 found)

GENUS,NEGUS,UNCES,

4-letter words (15 found)

CENS,CUES,ECUS,ENGS,GENS,GENU,GNUS,GUES,GUNS,NEGS,NUGS,SCUG,SNUG,SUNG,UNCE,

3-letter words (21 found)

CUE,ECU,ENG,ENS,GEN,GNU,GUE,GUN,GUS,NEG,NUG,NUS,SEC,SEG,SEN,SUE,SUG,SUN,UGS,UNS,USE,

2-letter words (8 found)

EN,ES,GU,NE,NU,UG,UN,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 49 words from scunge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of scunge

scunge

Etymology

Probably related to scrounge.

Pronunciation

Noun

scunge (countable and uncountable, plural scunges)

  1. (uncountable, slang) Muck, scum, dirt, dirtiness; also used attributively.
    • 1994, Tim Winton, The Riders, Picador 1996 UK Paperback edition, Ch.8, p.43:
      In two mad days Scully painted out the whole interior in lime wash, and the place suddenly seemed brighter, bigger, cleaner, and so strangely wholesome that it made him realize how foul it had been before, what scunge he'd really been dealing with day and night.
  2. (countable, slang) A scrounger; one who habitually borrows.
  3. (countable, slang) A dirty or untidy person; one who takes no pride in their appearance.
  4. (countable, slang, derogatory) A scoundrel; a worthless or despicable person.

Synonyms

  • (muck): grime, muck, scum, gunge
  • (scrounger): bludger
  • (dirty or untidy person; one who takes no pride in their appearance): dag
  • (scoundrel): scoundrel

Related terms

  • scungy

Verb

scunge (third-person singular simple present scunges, present participle scunging or scungeing, simple past and past participle scunged)

  1. To mark with scunge; to begrime or besmirch.
  2. To slink about; to sneak, to insinuate.
    • 1846, author not visible, The Disruption: A Scottish Tale of Recent Times, R. M. Walker (printer), Edinburgh, page 341,
      Neither will ye scunge after the gentry like M′Quirkie, and keep your creed in your hand ready to swap it for ony ither that may happen to be mair profitable.
  3. To scrounge; to borrow.
    • 2011, Nichola Garvey, Beating the Odds, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,
      ‘ […] My business does all the work, and you want to come and scunge a market off me and don′t even have a bet? […] ’

Source: wiktionary.org