GOUT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. GOUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GOUT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GOUT is to know. It scores 5 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GOUT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GOUT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in GOUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does GOUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
medicalliterary
A painful disease causing swollen joints from excess uric acid; also, a sudden spurt or splash of liquid.
Gout most often names the medical condition in which crystals build up in the joints, classically the big toe, causing sudden painful swelling, historically linked to rich food and wine. Separately, in older or literary writing, a gout of something describes one thick splash or spurt, as of blood or flame.
How GOUT is used
The medical sense is common in everyday and clinical use; the spurt sense is literary and old-fashioned.
- His grandfather suffered from gout after years of rich food.
- The doctor prescribed medicine to control her gout.
- A gout of flame shot up from the chimney.
- Gout flared painfully in his swollen toe.
- A gout of blood stained the snow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GOUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GOUT
15 longer words begin with GOUT.
Words ending in GOUT
9 words end in GOUT. Useful as a back hook: play GOUT onto a word already on the board.
Words with GOUT inside
19 words contain GOUT in the middle. Words that start with GOUT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in GOUT
Common questions about GOUT
- Is GOUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GOUT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GOUT worth?
- GOUT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GOUT mean?
- A painful disease causing swollen joints from excess uric acid; also, a sudden spurt or splash of liquid.
- What letters can be added to GOUT?
- GOUT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of GOUT:
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