GOUCH is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. GOUCH is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept GOUCH?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOUCH is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOUCH
No single letter turns GOUCH into another word.
How GOUCH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in GOUCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What does GOUCH mean in Scrabble?
verb
slang
To sink into a heavy, drowsy, half-conscious state after taking a sedative drug.
A person who gouches, often described as gouching out, has taken enough of a depressant such as heroin or a strong opioid that the eyes droop and the head nods without full loss of consciousness. The word appears in drug subcultures rather than in general speech, and it names the state itself rather than the drug that causes it.
How GOUCH is used
Drug slang, used almost only to describe the nodding, semi-conscious effect of opioids.
- He began to gouch about twenty minutes after the injection.
- She was gouching in the corner, chin dropping to her chest.
- Users who gouch heavily can stay that way for hours.
- The nurse recognized the gouched look immediately.
- He gouches every time he mixes the two drugs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOUCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of GOUCH
The 5 tiles of GOUCH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with GOUCH
3 longer words begin with GOUCH.
Shorter words from the letters in GOUCH
Common questions about GOUCH
- Is GOUCH valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and GOUCH is not in it.
- How many points is GOUCH worth?
- GOUCH is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOUCH mean?
- To sink into a heavy, drowsy, half-conscious state after taking a sedative drug.
- What letters can be added to GOUCH?
- No single letter can be added to GOUCH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of GOUCH:
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