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Is ugly a Scrabble word?

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

U1G2L1Y4

Is ugly a Scrabble UK word?

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

U1G2L1Y4

Is ugly a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word ugly is a Words With Friends word. The word ugly is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

U2G3L2Y3

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4-letter words (2 found)

GULY,UGLY,

3-letter words (4 found)

GUL,GUY,LUG,YUG,

2-letter words (3 found)

GU,UG,YU,

You can make 9 words from ugly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of ugly

ugly guly ulgy lugy gluy lguy ugyl guyl uygl yugl gyul ygul ulyg luyg uylg yulg lyug ylug glyu lgyu gylu yglu lygu ylgu

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ugly. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ugly.

Definitions and meaning of ugly

ugly

Alternative forms

  • ougly (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ugly, uggely, uglike, borrowed from Old Norse uggligr (“fearful, dreadful, horrible in appearance”), from uggr (“fear, apprehension, dread”) (possibly related to agg (“strife, hate”)), equivalent to ug +‎ -ly. Cognate with Scots ugly, uglie, Icelandic ugglegur. Meaning softened to "very unpleasant to look at" around the late 14th century, and sense of "morally offensive" attested from around 1300.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʌɡli/
  • Rhymes: -ʌɡli
  • Homophone: ugli

Adjective

ugly (comparative uglier, superlative ugliest)

  1. Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
  2. Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
  3. Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
  4. (Southern US) Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
  5. Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.

Synonyms

  • (displeasing to the eye): hideous, homely, repulsive, unattractive, uncomely, unsightly
  • (displeasing to the ear or some other sense): displeasing, repulsive, unattractive
  • (offensive to one's sensibilities or morality): corrupt, immoral, vile
  • See also Thesaurus:ugly

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "displeasing to the eye"): attractive, beautiful, gorgeous, handsome, pretty, sightly
  • (antonym(s) of "displeasing to the ear or some other sense"): attractive, pleasing
  • (antonym(s) of "offensive to one's sensibilities or morality"): moral

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ug

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: ogri

Translations

Noun

ugly (countable and uncountable, plural uglies)

  1. (slang, uncountable) Ugliness.
  2. (slang) An ugly person or thing.
  3. (logistics, informal) Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
  4. (UK, informal, dated) A shade for the face, projecting from a bonnet.

Translations

Verb

ugly (third-person singular simple present uglies, present participle uglying, simple past and past participle uglied)

  1. (transitive, nonstandard) To make ugly (sometimes with up).

Anagrams

  • guly

Source: wiktionary.org