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Is drought a Scrabble word?

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

D2R1O1U1G2H4T1

Is drought a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2R1O1U1G2H4T1

Is drought a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word drought is a Words With Friends word. The word drought is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2R1O1U2G3H3T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

DROUGHT,

6-letter words (4 found)

DOUGHT,DROUTH,ROUGHT,TROUGH,

5-letter words (8 found)

DOUGH,GOURD,GROUT,OUGHT,ROUGH,ROUTH,TOUGH,TRUGO,

4-letter words (25 found)

DORT,DOTH,DOUR,DOUT,DRUG,DURO,GOTH,GOUT,GROT,HOUR,HOUT,HURT,ROUT,RUTH,THOU,THRO,THRU,THUD,THUG,TOUR,TROD,TROG,TROU,TRUG,TURD,

3-letter words (37 found)

DOG,DOH,DOR,DOT,DUG,DUH,DUO,GOD,GOR,GOT,GUR,GUT,HOD,HOG,HOT,HUG,HUT,ORD,ORG,ORT,OUD,OUR,OUT,RHO,ROD,ROT,RUD,RUG,RUT,THO,TOD,TOG,TOR,TUG,UDO,UGH,URD,

2-letter words (13 found)

DO,GO,GU,HO,OD,OH,OR,OU,TO,UG,UH,UR,UT,

You can make 88 words from drought according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of drought

drought

Alternative forms

  • drouth (Scotland, Northern England, poetry). The pronunciation with /θ/ properly belongs with this now archaic doublet.
  • druft (Northern England, dialectal).

Etymology

From Middle English droghte, drouȝte, druhhþe, druȝþe, drouȝth, from Old English drūgaþ, equivalent to dry +‎ -th. Cognate with Dutch droogte, Low German Dröögde.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /dɹaʊt/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): [dɹʌʊt]
  • Rhymes: -aʊt

Noun

drought (countable and uncountable, plural droughts)

  1. A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
  2. (by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
    Synonym: losing streak
    Antonym: winning streak
  3. (archaic) dryness, aridness, dry heat

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Middle English

Noun

drought

  1. Alternative form of droghte

Source: wiktionary.org