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HUG

3 letters

✓ IT'S A WORD
TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
(min 4)
Super Big too short
(min 4)

HUG is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

HUGS-s 1 HUGGING-ging 5 HUGGED-ged 3
noun
  1. A close embrace, especially when charged with an emotion such as affection, joy, relief, lust, anger, aggression, compassion, and the like, as opposed to being characterized by formality, equivocation or ambivalence (a half-embrace or "little hug").
  2. A particular grip in wrestling.
verb
  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo crouch; to huddle as with cold.
  2. intransitiveTo cling closely together.
  3. reciprocaltransitiveTo embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms.
    • Billy hugged Danny until he felt better.
    • They hugged for what seemed like an eternity.
  4. transitiveTo stay close to.
    • to hug the shore, to hug the coastline
  5. figurativelytransitiveTo hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.