SHAUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SHAUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SHAUGH?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHAUGH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHAUGH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
shaughsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHAUGH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHAUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,759 thousand.
What does SHAUGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
rareIrish
A thicket or small wood; in Irish usage, also a draw on a tobacco pipe.
The shaugh is a rare word that turns up almost only in word lists and in older regional speech. Its main sense is a patch of dense growth, a little wood where bushes and young trees crowd together. The Irish sense is unrelated in meaning and refers to a single puff taken from a pipe.
How SHAUGH is used
Rare; found chiefly in word games and in dialect writing rather than in everyday speech.
- A shaugh of hazel and thorn grew along the bottom of the field.
- The hunted fox vanished into the shaugh before the dogs could turn.
- He leaned on the gate and took a long shaugh from his pipe.
- Nobody had cleared the shaugh behind the farm for years.
- The old map marks every shaugh and spinney on the estate.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHAUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHAUGH
The 6 tiles of SHAUGH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHAUGH
1 longer words begin with SHAUGH.
Shorter words from the letters in SHAUGH
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Common questions about SHAUGH
- Is SHAUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHAUGH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHAUGH worth?
- SHAUGH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHAUGH mean?
- A thicket or small wood; in Irish usage, also a draw on a tobacco pipe.
- What letters can be added to SHAUGH?
- SHAUGH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHAUGH:
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