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Is smudge a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word smudge is a Scrabble US word. The word smudge is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

S1M3U1D2G2E1

Is smudge a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word smudge is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1M3U1D2G2E1

Is smudge a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word smudge is a Words With Friends word. The word smudge is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1M4U2D2G3E1

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6-letter words (3 found)

DEGUMS,MUDGES,SMUDGE,

5-letter words (7 found)

DEGUM,DEGUS,GEUMS,GUDES,MUDGE,MUSED,SEDUM,

4-letter words (22 found)

DEGS,DEGU,DEUS,DUES,DUGS,EMUS,GEDS,GEMS,GEUM,GUDE,GUES,GUMS,MEDS,MEGS,MEUS,MUDS,MUGS,MUSE,SMUG,SUED,UMES,USED,

3-letter words (30 found)

DEG,DUE,DUG,DUM,EDS,EMS,EMU,GED,GEM,GUE,GUM,GUS,MED,MEG,MES,MEU,MUD,MUG,MUS,SED,SEG,SUD,SUE,SUG,SUM,UDS,UGS,UME,UMS,USE,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,ED,EM,ES,GU,ME,MU,UG,UM,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 73 words from smudge according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of smudge

smudge

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /smʌd͡ʒ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌd͡ʒ

Etymology 1

Derived from the verb (see below). Doublet of smutch.

Noun

smudge (countable and uncountable, plural smudges)

  1. A blemish or smear, especially a dark or sooty one.
  2. Dense smoke, such as that used for fumigation.
  3. (US) A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, etc. to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
  4. (paganism, especially in the phrase "smudge stick" = "stick of incense") A quantity of herbs used in suffumigation.
Synonyms
  • (blemish, smear): blur, smear, stain
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Etymology 2

From Middle English *smogen (attested in the gerund smogynge (“soiling, smudging”)), of obscure origin. Compare Middle English besmudded, bismuddet (“filthy”), Middle English smod (“filth, obscene behaviour”), Middle Dutch smoddich (“filthy, dirty”).

Verb

smudge (third-person singular simple present smudges, present participle smudging, simple past and past participle smudged)

  1. To obscure by blurring; to smear.
  2. To soil or smear with dirt.
  3. To use dense smoke to protect from insects.
  4. To stifle or smother with smoke.
  5. (paganism, intransitive) To burn herbs as a cleansing ritual (suffumigation).
  6. (paganism, transitive) To subject to ritual burning of herbs (suffumigation, smudging).
Synonyms
  • (to obscure by blurring): blur, smear
  • (to soil or smear with dirt): smutch, soil
  • (to use smoke against insects): fumigate
Translations

Related terms

  • smudgily
  • smudginess
  • smudgy

Anagrams

  • Mudges, degums, mudges

Source: wiktionary.org