Sugar
/ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)/
Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Sugar
noun
- Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
- A specific variety of sugar.
- Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
- A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
"He usually has his coffee white with one sugar."
- A term of endearment.
"I'll be with you in a moment, sugar."
verb
- To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.
"John heavily sugars his coffee."
- To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.
"She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words."
- In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.
- To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
- To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.
Anagrams of Sugar
Related Word Patterns
Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
Letter Values
s1
u1
g2
a1
r1
Total: 6 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Sugar"
Sugar is a 5-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "sugar" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Sugar" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "sugar" is a low-scoring word.