What does SLUG mean?

SLUG is a valid word in the ENABLE word game list, worth 5 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.

Pronunciation
/slʌg/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
5
Words With Friends score
8
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

noun

  1. a projectile that is fired from a gun
  2. a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
  3. a counterfeit coin
  4. an idle slothful person
  5. an amount of an alcoholic drink (usually liquor) that is poured or gulped“he took a slug of hard liquor”
  6. a strip of type metal used for spacing
  7. any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell
  8. (boxing) a blow with the fist“I gave him a clout on his nose”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

slugs6slugged10slugging11

Anagrams of SLUG

lugs5 guls5

Words inside SLUG

3 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

gul4 lug4 us2

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Questions

Is SLUG a Scrabble word?

SLUG is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted in Scrabble and Words With Friends. Official tournament dictionaries differ slightly, so check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is SLUG worth?

SLUG is worth 5 points with Scrabble letter values and 8 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from SLUG?

3 other words, including US, LUG and GUL.