trudge

Plural: trudges

Noun

a long difficult walk
A tramp, i.e. a long and tiring walk.

Verb

Verb Forms: trudged, trudging, trudges

To walk slowly and with heavy steps, typically due to effort or fatigue.
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
To walk wearily with heavy, slow steps.
To trudge along or over a route etc.

Examples

He had to ’trudge’ through a series of low-scoring turns before finding a good word.

Origin / Etymology

Mid-16th century. Original meaning was somewhat idiomatic, meaning "to walk using snowshoes." Probably of Scandinavian origin, compare Icelandic þrúga (“snowshoe”), Norwegian truga (“snowshoe”) and dialectal Swedish trudja (“snowshoe”).

Synonyms

footslog, pad, plod, slog, tramp

Scrabble Score: 8

trudge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
trudge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
trudge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

trudge: valid Words With Friends Word