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Is south a Scrabble word?

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

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Is south a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1O1U1T1H4

Is south a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word south is a Words With Friends word. The word south is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (4 found)

HOUTS,SHOUT,SOUTH,THOUS,

4-letter words (15 found)

HOST,HOTS,HOUT,HUSO,HUTS,OUST,OUTS,SHOT,SHUT,SOTH,SOUT,THOU,THUS,TOSH,TUSH,

3-letter words (12 found)

HOS,HOT,HUT,OHS,OUS,OUT,SHO,SOH,SOT,SOU,THO,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

HO,OH,OS,OU,SH,SO,ST,TO,UH,US,UT,

You can make 42 words from south according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of south

south osuth suoth usoth ousth uosth sotuh ostuh stouh tsouh otsuh tosuh sutoh ustoh stuoh tsuoh utsoh tusoh outsh uotsh otush toush utosh tuosh souht osuht suoht usoht ousht uosht sohut oshut shout hsout ohsut hosut suhot ushot shuot hsuot uhsot husot ouhst uohst ohust houst uhost huost sothu osthu stohu tsohu otshu toshu sohtu oshtu shotu hsotu ohstu hostu sthou tshou shtou hstou thsou htsou othsu tohsu ohtsu hotsu thosu htosu sutho ustho stuho tsuho utsho tusho suhto ushto shuto hsuto uhsto husto sthuo tshuo shtuo hstuo thsuo htsuo uthso tuhso uhtso hutso thuso htuso ouths uoths otuhs touhs utohs tuohs ouhts uohts ohuts houts uhots huots othus tohus ohtus hotus thous htous uthos tuhos uhtos hutos thuos htuos

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Definitions and meaning of south

south

Etymology

From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą. Compare West Frisian súd, Dutch zuid, German Süd, Danish syd.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: south
  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /saʊθ/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /sʌʊθ/
  • (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /sæoθ/
  • (Obsolete) IPA(key): /suːθ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊθ

Noun

south (countable and uncountable, plural souths)

  2. The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
    Alternative form: (abbreviation) S
  3. The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
  4. (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
  5. (physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet

Coordinate terms

(compass points)


Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

south (not comparable)

  1. Toward the south; southward.
  2. (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
  3. Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
  4. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
  5. (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

south (not comparable)

  1. Toward the south; southward.
  2. Downward.
  3. In an adverse direction or trend. (Mostly in go south.)
  4. (meteorology) Of wind, from the south.

Translations

Verb

south (third-person singular simple present souths, present participle southing, simple past and past participle southed)

  1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
  2. (astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
    The moon souths at nine.

Anagrams

  • Houts, Huots, houts, shout, thous

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • souþ, suþ, sowth, suthe, souþe, suth, souht
  • zouth (Kent)

Etymology

From Old English sūþ, in turn from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /suːθ/
  • Rhymes: -uːθ

Noun

south

  1. south, southernness
  2. A location to the south; the south
  3. The south wind

Coordinate terms

  • (compass point): north, est, west

Related terms

  • southerne
  • Suffolk

Descendants

  • English: south
  • Scots: sooth
  • Yola: zouth

References

  • “sǒuth, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adjective

south

  1. south, southern
  2. At the south

Descendants

  • English: south
  • Scots: sooth

References

  • “sǒuth, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

Adverb

south

  1. To the south, southwards, southbound
  2. From the south, southern
  3. In the south

Descendants

  • English: south
  • Scots: sooth

References

  • “sǒuth, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.

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