Is HUGGING a word?
HUGGING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 19 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, HUGGING is a valid word.
What does hugging mean?
noun: affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
HUGGING: word details
- Pronunciation: HUH-gihng (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 13 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside hugging
Words you can make from the letters of hugging.
Solve a whole rack, not just HUGGING
HUGGING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does HUGGING mean?
HUGGING is a noun. It means: affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs).
Is HUGGING a valid word?
Yes, HUGGING is a valid word. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.