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NUDGE

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NUDGE Means

  1. verb: to push against gently“She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant”
  2. verb: push into action by pestering or annoying gently
  3. noun: a slight push or shake

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NUDGE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 U1 D2 G2 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In NUDGE

28 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 (6)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing NUDGE

NUDGE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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