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Is nought a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word nought is a Scrabble US word. The word nought is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is nought a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word nought is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

N1O1U1G2H4T1

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Yes. The word nought is a Words With Friends word. The word nought is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

HOGNUT,NOUGHT,

5-letter words (4 found)

OUGHT,THONG,TOUGH,UNGOT,

4-letter words (14 found)

GOTH,GOUT,HONG,HOUT,HUNG,HUNT,NOUT,THON,THOU,THUG,TONG,TOUN,TUNG,UNTO,

3-letter words (24 found)

GNU,GON,GOT,GUN,GUT,HOG,HON,HOT,HUG,HUN,HUT,NOG,NOH,NOT,NTH,NUG,NUT,OUT,THO,TOG,TON,TUG,TUN,UGH,

2-letter words (13 found)

GO,GU,HO,NO,NU,OH,ON,OU,TO,UG,UH,UN,UT,

You can make 57 words from nought according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of nought

nought

Alternative forms

  • naught, nowt

Etymology

From Middle English nought, noght, noȝt, from Old English nōwiht, nāwiht, which in turn comes from ne-ā-wiht, which was a phrase used as an emphatic "no", meaning "not anything". Equivalent to ne +‎ ought or ne +‎ a +‎ wight. Doublet of naught and not.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔːt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːt

Noun

nought (plural noughts)

  1. Nothing; something which does not exist.
  2. A thing or person of no worth or value; nil.
  3. (UK) Not any quantity of number; zero; the score of no points in a game.
  4. (UK) The figure or character representing, or having the shape of, zero.

Derived terms

  • bring to nought
  • come to nought
  • dreadnought
  • more often than nought
  • noughties
  • noughty
  • set at nought

Translations

Adjective

nought

  1. (obsolete) Good for nothing; worthless.
    • 1611, Authorized King James translation of Proverbs 20:14:
      It is nought, it is nought, saith the buyer, but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
  2. Wicked, immoral.

Verb

nought (third-person singular simple present noughts, present participle noughting, simple past and past participle noughted)

  1. To abase, to set at nought.

Adverb

nought

  1. To no extent; in no way; not at all.
  2. Not.

Pronoun

nought

  1. Nothing; zero.

See also

  • naught
  • ought

References

  • “nought”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • Notes:

Anagrams

  • hognut, hotgun, hutong

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • naȝt, naught, nauȝt, nawght, nawȝt, nofte, noght, nogt, nogthe, noȝt, noth, noughte, noughtt, nouȝt, nouȝte, nouȝth, nouȝthe, nouht, noust, nout, nouth, nowght, nowȝt, nowhte, nowt
  • naht, naut, nawiht, nohht, noht (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English nāwiht, nōwiht, from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht; equivalent to ne +‎ ought.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔu̯xt/, /nau̯xt/, /nɔxt/, /naxt/

Pronoun

nought

  1. nothing, none

Descendants

  • English: nought, naught, nowt
  • Scots: nout
  • Yola: noucht

References

  • “nought, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adverb

nought

  1. not (negates the accompanying verb)
    Þei ne bileveden hire nought. ― They didn't believe her.
  2. not (to no degree, extent, or way)
    Þou art nought weyke. ― You aren't weak.

Descendants

  • English: nought, naught, nowt

References

  • “nought, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adjective

nought

  1. iniquitous, wicked
  2. valueless, worthless
  3. ineffectual, depleted
  4. powerless, useless
  5. null and void, invalid
  6. (rare) unfitting, improper

Descendants

  • English: nought, naught
  • Scots: nocht

References

  • “nought, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Noun

nought (uncountable)

  1. nothing, nought
  2. nothingness, void
  3. (rare) evil, iniquity
  4. (rare) That which is worthless
  5. (rare) zero (number)

Descendants

  • English: nought, naught, nowt
  • Scots: nocht

References

  • “nought, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  • “nought, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Conjunction

nought

  1. and not

References

  • “nought, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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