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Urgency in Scrabble and Meaning

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What does urgency mean? Is urgency a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is urgency worth? urgency how many points in Words With Friends? What does urgency mean? Get all these answers on this page.

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Is urgency a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word urgency is a Scrabble US word. The word urgency is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

U1R1G2E1N1C3Y4

Is urgency a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word urgency is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

U1R1G2E1N1C3Y4

Is urgency a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word urgency is a Words With Friends word. The word urgency is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

U2R1G3E1N2C4Y3

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7-letter words (1 found)

URGENCY,

6-letter words (2 found)

CURNEY,GURNEY,

5-letter words (2 found)

CURNY,GRYCE,

4-letter words (15 found)

CRUE,CURE,CURN,ECRU,GENU,GREN,GREY,GRUE,GURN,GYRE,RENY,RUNE,RUNG,UNCE,URGE,

3-letter words (35 found)

CRU,CRY,CUE,CUR,ECU,ENG,ERG,ERN,GEN,GER,GEY,GNU,GUE,GUN,GUR,GUY,NEG,NUG,NUR,NYE,REC,REG,REN,RUC,RUE,RUG,RUN,RYE,RYU,UEY,URE,URN,YEN,YER,YUG,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ER,GU,NE,NU,NY,RE,UG,UN,UR,YE,YU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 68 words from urgency according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of urgency

urgency

Etymology

Probably from urgent +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒənsi

Noun

urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)

  1. The quality or condition of being urgent.
  2. Insistence, pressure, urge.
  3. (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.

Synonyms

  • exigency
  • clamancy

Translations

References

  • “urgency”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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