WAUGH is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. WAUGH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WAUGH?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WAUGH is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WAUGH
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WAUGH scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in WAUGH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does WAUGH mean in Scrabble?
interjection
informal
An exclamation used to express strong disgust, dismay or repugnance.
Waugh functions as a short burst of sound rather than a word with grammatical structure, released when something strikes the speaker as unpleasant or repulsive. It belongs to a family of exclamations, alongside words such as ugh and yuck, that communicate an immediate reaction faster than a full sentence could. Because such exclamations are shaped mainly by sound rather than by fixed spelling rules, waugh is written in more than one way and pronounced with varying emphasis by different speakers. Dictionaries list it chiefly as a recognised interjection rather than as a word carrying independent meaning outside that reaction.
How WAUGH is used
Informal; used as a spoken exclamation of disgust rather than in formal writing.
- Waugh, this milk has completely gone off.
- He said waugh and pushed the plate away.
- Waugh escaped her lips at the sight of the mess.
- The children shouted waugh when the frog jumped at them.
- Waugh was all he could manage after tasting the bitter medicine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WAUGH and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WAUGH
7 longer words begin with WAUGH.
Words with WAUGH inside
2 words contain WAUGH in the middle. Words that start with WAUGH are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in WAUGH
Common questions about WAUGH
- Is WAUGH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WAUGH, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WAUGH worth?
- WAUGH is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WAUGH mean?
- An exclamation used to express strong disgust, dismay or repugnance.
- What letters can be added to WAUGH?
- WAUGH takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of WAUGH:
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