What KUDZU Means
- noun: fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds; grown for fodder and forage and root starch; widespread in the southern United States
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
KUDZU is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as K5 U1 D2 Z10 U1.
Words Made From The Letters In KUDZU
2 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (2)
Longer Words Containing KUDZU
KUDZU appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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