OUCH is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OUCH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUCH?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUCH is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUCH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How OUCH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in OUCH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does OUCH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
An exclamation of sudden pain.
Ouch entered English from German in the nineteenth century, which surprises people who assume a cry of pain must be native. A separate ouch is an old word for a jewelled clasp.
How OUCH is used
Used alone. Also a noun in the clasp sense.
- Ouch, and then a long silence.
- The word ouch came from German.
- A cry like ouch feels native and is not.
- An ouch was once a jewelled clasp.
- Ouch reached English in the nineteenth century.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUCH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of OUCH
The 4 tiles of OUCH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with OUCH
5 longer words begin with OUCH.
Words ending in OUCH
24 words end in OUCH. Useful as a back hook: play OUCH onto a word already on the board.
Words with OUCH inside
Showing 24 of 226 words that contain OUCH somewhere in the middle. Words that start with OUCH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in OUCH
Common questions about OUCH
- Is OUCH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUCH, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUCH worth?
- OUCH is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUCH mean?
- An exclamation of sudden pain.
- What letters can be added to OUCH?
- OUCH takes 7 hooks: 6 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of OUCH:
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