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Is sough a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word sough is a Scrabble US word. The word sough is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is sough a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word sough is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

SOUGH,

4-letter words (9 found)

GOSH,GUSH,HOGS,HUGS,HUSO,SHOG,SUGH,SUGO,UGHS,

3-letter words (14 found)

GOS,GUS,HOG,HOS,HUG,OHS,OUS,SHO,SOG,SOH,SOU,SUG,UGH,UGS,

2-letter words (11 found)

GO,GU,HO,OH,OS,OU,SH,SO,UG,UH,US,

You can make 35 words from sough according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of sough

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Definitions and meaning of sough

sough

Etymology 1

From Middle English *sough, swough, swogh, from Middle English swoȝen, swowen, from Old English swōgan (“to make a sound; move with noise; rush; roar”), from Proto-West Germanic *swōgan, from Proto-Germanic *swōganą from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh₂gʰ-, same source as Latin vāgiō and likely English echo (via Ancient Greek). Cognate with Scots souch (“sough”), Icelandic súgur (“a rushing sound, rustle”). Noun replaced Middle English swei, sweȝ from Old English swēg. More at swoon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saʊ/, /sʌf/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ, -ʌf

Verb

sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)

  1. To make a soft rustling or murmuring sound.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:sough
Translations

Noun

sough (plural soughs)

  1. A murmuring sound; rushing, rustling, or whistling sound.
  2. A gentle breeze; a waft; a breath.
  3. A (deep) sigh.
  4. (Scotland, obsolete) A vague rumour.
  5. (Scotland, obsolete) A cant or whining mode of speaking, especially in preaching or praying.
Derived terms
  • death-sough
Related terms
  • swow
Translations

See also

  • susurrus

Etymology 2

From Middle English sough (whence also Scots sheuch (“ditch”)), from Old English *sōh, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sīk (“watercourse”); compare dialectal Dutch zoeg (“ditch”), and English sitch.

Noun

sough (plural soughs)

  1. A small drain; an adit.
Descendants
  • → Irish: seoch
    • → English: sheugh

Verb

sough (third-person singular simple present soughs, present participle soughing, simple past and past participle soughed)

  1. To drain.
Derived terms
  • soughing-tile

Anagrams

  • Hugos

Source: wiktionary.org