What SLUG Means
- noun: a projectile that is fired from a gun
- noun: 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
- verb: strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat“He slugged me so hard that I passed out”
- verb: be idle; exist in a changeless situation“The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SLUG is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 L1 U1 G2.
Anagrams of SLUG (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SLUG
8 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.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (3)
Longer Words Containing SLUG
SLUG appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.