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Is bough a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bough is a Scrabble US word. The word bough is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is bough a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bough is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

BOUGH,

3-letter words (10 found)

BOG,BOH,BUG,GOB,GUB,HOB,HOG,HUB,HUG,UGH,

2-letter words (9 found)

BO,GO,GU,HO,OB,OH,OU,UG,UH,

You can make 20 words from bough according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of bough

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Definitions and meaning of bough

bough

Alternative forms

  • bow, bowe (both obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English bough (branch of a bush or tree, especially a main branch; limb of an animal or person; something resembling a branch (such as a plant root or branch of a nerve); (figuratively) Christian cross; descendant, offspring) [and other forms], from Old English bōg, bōh (tree bough or branch; arm; shoulder), from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (shoulder; upper arm), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵʰús (arm).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bouch, West Frisian boech, Dutch boeg, German Low German Boog, German Bug, Danish bov, Icelandic bógur, and distantly with Ancient Greek πῆχυς (pêkhus, forearm, cubit, etc.). Doublet of bow ("front of a ship, prow").

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /baʊ/
  • Homophone: bow (to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

bough (plural boughs)

  1. A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
  2. (obsolete, figuratively, poetic) A gallows.

Derived terms

  • bough pot

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References

Further reading

  • branch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bough”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Source: wiktionary.org