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Yes. The word drogue is a Scrabble US word. The word drogue is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is drogue a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word drogue is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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6-letter words (4 found)

DROGUE,GOURDE,ROGUED,ROUGED,

5-letter words (9 found)

ERUGO,GORED,GOURD,GRUED,ORGUE,ROGUE,ROUGE,UREDO,URGED,

4-letter words (26 found)

DEGU,DERO,DOER,DOGE,DORE,DOUR,DREG,DRUG,DURE,DURO,ERGO,EURO,GOER,GORE,GRUE,GUDE,OGRE,REDO,REGO,RODE,ROED,ROUE,RUDE,RUED,URDE,URGE,

3-letter words (34 found)

DEG,DOE,DOG,DOR,DUE,DUG,DUO,EGO,ERG,GED,GEO,GER,GOD,GOE,GOR,GUE,GUR,ODE,ORD,ORE,ORG,OUD,OUR,RED,REG,REO,ROD,ROE,RUD,RUE,RUG,UDO,URD,URE,

2-letter words (13 found)

DE,DO,ED,ER,GO,GU,OD,OE,OR,OU,RE,UG,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 87 words from drogue according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of drogue

drogue

Etymology

Uncertain; probably related to drag in some way.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɹəʊɡ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊɡ

Noun

drogue (plural drogues)

  1. (whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.
  2. (nautical) A type of bag pulled behind a boat to stop it from broaching to.
  3. (aeronautics) A conical parachute used as a brake for some kinds of aircraft, or as a means of extracting and deploying a larger parachute, or to slow a rapidly-moving vehicle to a speed where it can safely deploy a larger parachute.
  4. (aeronautics) A conical basket or device used variously as a target for gunnery practice, and as a docking point for aerial refuelling.
  5. A wind cone.

Synonyms

  • (conical parachute): drag parachute, drag chute, drogue chute, drogue parachute

Derived terms

  • drogue anchor
  • drogueless

Translations

Verb

drogue (third-person singular simple present drogues, present participle droguing, simple past and past participle drogued)

  1. (transitive) To harpoon or spear (a whale) with a weapon that has a drogue attached.
  2. (transitive) To use a drogue with.
  3. (intransitive) To act as a drogue, slowing down and stabilizing a drifting object.
  4. (transitive) To transport small loads along the coastline to larger ports, where they can be added to the cargo of larger ships that make longer journeys.

See also

  • drag parachute

Anagrams

  • drouge, gourde, rogued, rouged

French

Etymology

First attested in Middle French circa 1462, probably from Middle Dutch droge (modern Dutch droog).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʁɔɡ/

Noun

drogue f (plural drogues)

  1. drug

Derived terms

  • drogue douce
  • drogue dure
  • se droguer
  • droguiste

Descendants

  • → Danish: droge
  • → German: Droge
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: droge
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: droge

Further reading

  • “drogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

drogue

  1. inflection of drogar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Middle French

Etymology

Middle Dutch droge (modern Dutch droog).

Noun

drogue f (plural drogues)

  1. drug

Descendants

  • French: drogue
    • → Danish: droge
    • → German: Droge
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: droge
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: droge
  • → Middle English: drogge
    • English: drug
    • → Irish: druga

Norman

Etymology

Either via French (or Middle French) drogue, or borrowed directly from Middle Dutch droge.

Noun

drogue f (plural drogues)

  1. (Jersey) drug

Derived terms

  • drodgi (“to drug”)
  • drogu'thie (“drugging”)

Portuguese

Verb

drogue

  1. inflection of drogar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

drogue

  1. inflection of drogar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org