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Is bought a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word bought is a Scrabble US word. The word bought is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

B3O1U1G2H4T1

Is bought a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word bought is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

B3O1U1G2H4T1

Is bought a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word bought is a Words With Friends word. The word bought is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4O1U2G3H3T1

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6-letter words (1 found)

BOUGHT,

5-letter words (4 found)

BOUGH,BUTOH,OUGHT,TOUGH,

4-letter words (8 found)

BHUT,BOTH,BOUT,GOTH,GOUT,HOUT,THOU,THUG,

3-letter words (21 found)

BOG,BOH,BOT,BUG,BUT,GOB,GOT,GUB,GUT,HOB,HOG,HOT,HUB,HUG,HUT,OUT,THO,TOG,TUB,TUG,UGH,

2-letter words (11 found)

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

You can make 45 words from bought according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of bought

bought

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɔːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /bɔt/
  • (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /bɑt/
  • Homophone: bot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːt

Etymology 1

See buy.

Verb

bought

  1. simple past and past participle of buy.
Usage notes

It is common to hear native English speakers (particularly in Australia, New Zealand and Britain) using "bought" when meaning "brought" (and vice versa) despite the fact that the two words mean different things [2][3]. Sometimes this mistake makes its way into print [4], [5], [6].

Derived terms
  • overbought

Etymology 2

From Middle English bought, bowght, bouȝt, *buȝt, probably an alteration of bight, biȝt, byȝt (“bend, bight”) after bowen, buwen, buȝen (“to bow, bend”). Cognate with Scots boucht, bucht, bout (“bend”). More at bight and bout.

Alternative forms

  • bout, bowt
  • boughte, bughte

Noun

bought (plural boughts)

  1. (obsolete) A bend; flexure; curve; a hollow angle.
  2. (obsolete) A bend or hollow in a human or animal body.
  3. (obsolete) A curve or bend in a river, mountain chain, or other geographical feature.
  4. (obsolete) The part of a sling that contains the stone.
  5. (obsolete) A fold, bend, or coil in a tail, snake's body etc.

References

  • “bought”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • The Oxford English Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • hog tub, hog-tub, hogtub

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