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Is stoush a Scrabble word?

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

S1T1O1U1S1H4

Is stoush a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1T1O1U1S1H4

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6-letter words (3 found)

SHOUTS,SOUTHS,STOUSH,

5-letter words (11 found)

HOSTS,HOUTS,HUSOS,OUSTS,SHOTS,SHOUT,SHUTS,SOTHS,SOUTH,SOUTS,THOUS,

4-letter words (21 found)

HOSS,HOST,HOTS,HOUT,HUSO,HUSS,HUTS,OUST,OUTS,SHOT,SHUT,SOHS,SOTH,SOTS,SOUS,SOUT,THOU,THUS,TOSH,TOSS,TUSH,

3-letter words (14 found)

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

2-letter words (11 found)

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

You can make 60 words from stoush according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of stoush

stoush

Etymology

Possibly from stash. Australian from 1893; Boer War military slang. Also may be derived from stushie or stooshie, a Scottish term for a commotion, rumpus, or row.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /staʊʃ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊʃ

Noun

stoush (plural stoushes)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A fight, an argument.
    • 1996, Elizabeth Knox, Glamour and the Sea, Victoria University Press, New Zealand, page 166,
      Barry explained that his friend wasn′t drunk, he′d been in a stoush, had a ding on his head and was covered in money.
    • 2008, Anna Haebich, Spinning the Dream: Assimilation in Australia 1950-1970, Fremantle Press, page 63,
      Melbourne almost lost the event when union go-slow tactics and a stoush over federal and state funding responsibilities seriously delayed work on the construction of the Olympic Stadium and Village.

Verb

stoush (third-person singular simple present stoushes, present participle stoushing, simple past and past participle stoushed)

  1. (Australia, informal) To fight; to argue.
    • 1916, C. J. Dennis, The Call of Stoush, The Moods of Ginger Mick, 2009, Sydney University Press, page 15,
      Wot price ole Ginger Mick? ′E′s done a break— / Gone to the flamin′ war to stoush the foe.

Anagrams

  • shouts, souths

Source: wiktionary.org