snuggle

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈsnʌ.ɡəl/

Definition of snuggle

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An affectionate hug.
    “Let's have a snuggle on the sofa.”
See all 4 definitions

noun

  1. An affectionate hug.
    “Let's have a snuggle on the sofa.”
  2. The final remnant left in a liquor bottle.

verb

  1. (intransitive, transitive)To lie close to another person or thing, hugging or being cosy.
    “My girlfriend and I love to snuggle.”
    “The last drop of jager snuggled the corner of the pint.”
    “The surrounding buildings snuggled each other.”
    “And when the Boy dropped off to sleep, the Rabbit would snuggle down close under his little warm chin and dream, with the Boy's hands clasped close round him all night long.”
    “I certainly was not prepared for the cosy nestling valleys that snuggled against the shoulders of the hills; a land where the graystone cottages and farmsteads still prevailed, but where they had taken on something of the softness of their kind in Gloucester and the Cotswolds, and seemed almost like growths of the soil; […].”
  2. To move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cosy position.
    “Tired but satisfied, the children snuggled into their sleeping bags.”
    “The pet dog snuggles into its new bed.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From snug + -le (frequentative suffix).

Hooks

2 extensions · 2 back

A single letter you can add to snuggle to make another valid word.

Find your best play with snuggle

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes snuggle, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.