SHEUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. SHEUGH 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 SHEUGH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SHEUGH is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SHEUGH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sheughsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SHEUGH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SHEUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,070 thousand.
What does SHEUGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A ditch, trench or furrow.
A sheugh is the kind of narrow channel a farmer or a gardener cuts into the ground, whether to drain water away or to lay young plants in the earth. The word belongs to Scots, where it also serves as a verb meaning to set plants in the soil for a short time until they can be moved to their final place.
How SHEUGH is used
Scots; met in dialect writing and in word games, and rarely in standard English.
- Rainwater ran along the sheugh at the edge of the lane.
- He dug a shallow sheugh beside the potato rows.
- The child slipped and landed in the muddy sheugh.
- A sheugh of dark water ran under the hedge.
- They followed the old sheugh down to the burn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SHEUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SHEUGH
The 6 tiles of SHEUGH in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SHEUGH
3 longer words begin with SHEUGH.
Shorter words from the letters in SHEUGH
Common questions about SHEUGH
- Is SHEUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SHEUGH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SHEUGH worth?
- SHEUGH is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SHEUGH mean?
- A ditch, trench or furrow.
- What letters can be added to SHEUGH?
- SHEUGH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SHEUGH:
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