Yes, urge is in the scrabble dictionary
...and is worth 7 points by itself.
urge
noun
1. An impulse that prompts action or effort: suppressed an urge to laugh.
2. An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct: "There is a human urge to clarify, rationalize, justify” ( Leonard Bernstein).
3. The act of urging.
4. The act or process of urging.
5. A force or impulse that .
verb
1. To present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly .
2. To undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm .
3. To serve as a motive or reason for .
4. To force or impel in an indicated direction or into motion or greater speed .
5. To declare, advance, or press earnestly a statement, argument, charge, or claim .
verb-intransitive
1. To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.
2. To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.
verb-transitive
1. To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for: urge passage of the bill; a speech urging moderation.
2. To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
3. To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
4. To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.
5. To stimulate; excite: "It urged him to an intensity like madness” ( D.H. Lawrence).
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grue | 5 |
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er | 2 |
re | 2 |
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erg | 4 |
reg | 4 |
rue | 3 |
rug | 4 |
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grue | 5 |
urge | 5 |