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Is snug a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word snug is a Scrabble US word. The word snug is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is snug a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word snug is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

S1N1U1G2

Is snug a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word snug is a Words With Friends word. The word snug is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (5 found)

GNUS,GUNS,NUGS,SNUG,SUNG,

3-letter words (9 found)

GNU,GUN,GUS,NUG,NUS,SUG,SUN,UGS,UNS,

2-letter words (5 found)

GU,NU,UG,UN,US,

You can make 19 words from snug according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of snug

snug nsug sung usng nusg unsg sngu nsgu sgnu gsnu ngsu gnsu sugn usgn sgun gsun ugsn gusn nugs ungs ngus gnus ugns guns

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Definitions and meaning of snug

snug

Etymology

From dialectal English snug (“tight, handsome”), perhaps from Old Norse snøggr, from Proto-Germanic *snawwuz (“short, quick, fast”). Compare Icelandic snöggur (“smooth”), Danish snög (“neat”), Swedish snygg (“handsome, nice-looking”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: snŭg, IPA(key): /snʌɡ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌɡ

Adjective

snug (comparative snugger, superlative snuggest)

  1. Warm and comfortable; cosy.
    Synonyms: comfy, cosy, cushy, gemütlich
    I felt snug tucked up in my snug bed.
    • 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, →ISBN, page 2:
      I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.
  2. Satisfactory.
    Synonyms: acceptable, good enough; see also Thesaurus:satisfactory
    • 1853, Melville, Herman, Bartleby, the Scrivener, in Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories, New York: Penguin Books, 1968; reprint 1995 as Bartleby, →ISBN, page 2:
      I am one of those unambitious lawyers who never addresses a jury, or in any way draws down public applause; but, in the cool tranquillity of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men's bonds, and mortgages, and title-deeds.
  3. Close-fitting.
    Synonyms: clingy, figure-hugging, form-fitting; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting
  4. Close; concealed; not exposed to notice.
    Synonyms: concealed, covered, tect; see also Thesaurus:hidden

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Noun

snug (plural snugs)

  1. (British) A small, comfortable back room in a pub.
  2. (engineering) A lug.

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Verb

snug (third-person singular simple present snugs, present participle snugging, simple past and past participle snugged)

  1. (transitive) To make secure or snug.
  2. To snuggle or nestle.
  3. (transitive) To make smooth.

Anagrams

  • Ngus, Sung, Ungs, gnus, guns, nugs, sung

Source: wiktionary.org