OUTARGUE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. OUTARGUE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept OUTARGUE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful OUTARGUE is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for OUTARGUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How OUTARGUE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in OUTARGUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so OUTARGUE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does OUTARGUE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To defeat someone in a debate by making stronger or more persistent arguments.
To outargue a person is to win the exchange, not necessarily to be right. It suggests quickness and stamina in debate, and sometimes plain stubbornness. A child may try to outargue a parent over bedtime and succeed only by wearing them down.
How OUTARGUE is used
Used when one speaker gets the better of another in a dispute.
- Few lawyers could outargue her in front of a jury.
- He tried to outargue his brother and failed.
- It is easy to outargue someone who has not prepared.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of OUTARGUE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with OUTARGUE
2 longer words begin with OUTARGUE.
Shorter words from the letters in OUTARGUE
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Common questions about OUTARGUE
- Is OUTARGUE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts OUTARGUE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is OUTARGUE worth?
- OUTARGUE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does OUTARGUE mean?
- To defeat someone in a debate by making stronger or more persistent arguments.
- What letters can be added to OUTARGUE?
- OUTARGUE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of OUTARGUE:
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