SUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. SUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SUGH?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SUGH is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SUGH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
sughsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SUGH scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in SUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What stands out about SUGH
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 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 SUGH mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A soft rushing or sighing sound, especially one made by wind or moving water.
Sugh describes the low continuous sound of air or water moving past an obstacle, such as wind through trees. Writers use sugh to add an atmospheric, natural noise to a scene without naming its exact source.
How SUGH is used
Chiefly used in Scottish and dialect writing; can also function as a verb.
- The wind's sugh through the pines kept her awake half the night.
- A steady sugh of water could be heard beneath the ice.
- The old barn sughs whenever a storm rolls in from the coast.
- Wind sughed low across the moor as the sun went down.
- Sughing branches were the only sound in the empty valley.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SUGH
The 4 tiles of SUGH in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with SUGH
3 longer words begin with SUGH.
Shorter words from the letters in SUGH
Common questions about SUGH
- Is SUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SUGH, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SUGH worth?
- SUGH is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SUGH mean?
- A soft rushing or sighing sound, especially one made by wind or moving water.
- What letters can be added to SUGH?
- SUGH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of SUGH:
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