COUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. COUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUGH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COUGH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUGH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coughsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUGH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does COUGH mean in Scrabble?
verb
To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to clear the throat or in response to irritation or illness.
A cough is one of the most common bodily reflexes, triggered when the airway is irritated by dust, smoke, mucus or infection. People also use cough as a noun for a single instance of this reflex or for a lingering illness, as in a bad cough that lasts for weeks. Doctors distinguish a dry cough, which produces no mucus, from a wet or productive cough. The word is entirely ordinary and appears constantly in everyday speech about colds and minor illness.
How COUGH is used
An everyday word used both for the bodily action and, as a noun, for an illness or single instance of it.
- He began to cough after breathing in the dust.
- She coughed quietly to get his attention.
- The smoke made everyone in the room cough.
- He tried not to cough during the meeting.
- The child coughed through the night with a cold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COUGH
The 5 tiles of COUGH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COUGH
6 longer words begin with COUGH.
Words ending in COUGH
2 words end in COUGH. Useful as a back hook: play COUGH onto a word already on the board.
Words with COUGH inside
4 words contain COUGH in the middle. Words that start with COUGH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COUGH
Common questions about COUGH
- Is COUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUGH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUGH worth?
- COUGH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUGH mean?
- To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to clear the throat or in response to irritation or illness.
- What letters can be added to COUGH?
- COUGH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COUGH:
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