SLOUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. SLOUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SLOUGH?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SLOUGH is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SLOUGH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SLOUGH scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in SLOUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What stands out about SLOUGH
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does SLOUGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
A muddy hollow or swamp, or a slow backwater of a river.
A slough is low, soft ground filled with mud or standing water, such as an inlet or marshy channel. The word also names a state of gloom, as in the slough of despond in a famous allegory. A different word spelled the same way and pronounced to rhyme with rough means a skin shed by a snake, and as a verb it means to cast off.
How SLOUGH is used
The swamp sense is pronounced to rhyme with how; the shedding sense rhymes with rough.
- The cart stuck fast in the slough behind the farm.
- Herons waded through the quiet slough at dusk.
- He sank into a slough of despair.
- A slough ran off the main river and filled with reeds.
- We crossed the slough on a plank of old wood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SLOUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SLOUGH
The 6 tiles of SLOUGH in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with SLOUGH
8 longer words begin with SLOUGH.
Shorter words from the letters in SLOUGH
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Common questions about SLOUGH
- Is SLOUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SLOUGH, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SLOUGH worth?
- SLOUGH is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SLOUGH mean?
- A muddy hollow or swamp, or a slow backwater of a river.
- What letters can be added to SLOUGH?
- SLOUGH takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of SLOUGH:
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