LOUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. LOUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept LOUGH?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful LOUGH is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for LOUGH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How LOUGH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in LOUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does LOUGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irish
The Irish word for a lake, or a long, narrow inlet of the sea, roughly equivalent to a Scottish loch.
A lough can be a freshwater lake surrounded by hills, as with the loughs scattered across the Irish countryside, or it can be a sea inlet that cuts deep into the coastline, as with several loughs in Northern Ireland. The word is essentially the Irish counterpart of the Scottish loch, and both descend from the same old Gaelic root. Many Irish place names and stories are built directly around the name of a particular lough.
How LOUGH is used
Lough is standard in Irish English and appears throughout Irish geography and place names.
- Fishermen set out early on the lough before the wind picked up.
- The castle stands on an island in the middle of the lough.
- Mist often settles over the lough at dawn.
- They spent the afternoon rowing across the calm lough.
- The road follows the shore of the lough for several miles.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of LOUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of LOUGH
The 5 tiles of LOUGH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with LOUGH
1 longer words begin with LOUGH.
Words ending in LOUGH
8 words end in LOUGH. Useful as a back hook: play LOUGH onto a word already on the board.
Words with LOUGH inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain LOUGH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with LOUGH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in LOUGH
Common questions about LOUGH
- Is LOUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts LOUGH, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is LOUGH worth?
- LOUGH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does LOUGH mean?
- The Irish word for a lake, or a long, narrow inlet of the sea, roughly equivalent to a Scottish loch.
- What letters can be added to LOUGH?
- LOUGH takes 4 hooks: 3 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of LOUGH:
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