Unscramble lough

17 words come out when you unscramble LOUGH, starting with LOUGH itself: 9 in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends. LOUGH has 1 anagram here, GHOUL, scoring 9 like LOUGH itself. The strongest shorter words are HUG, HOG and UGH, 7 points each. It has 5 letters, 2 vowels and 3 consonants.

GUOHL unscrambles to LOUGH: these are all the words its letters make. Looking for luhgo, hougl, holug, guhlo, gluoh, houlg, uhlgo, golhu, gulho or lugho? They use the same letters as LOUGH, so the words on this page are their answers too.

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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.

Possible Words From lough

By length, the words from LOUGH split into 2 with 5 letters, 7 with 3 and 8 with 2. None has 4 letters.

Word list

Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.

5 Letter Words You Can Make with lough

2 5-letter words made with LOUGH letters use every letter: LOUGH and its 1 anagram GHOUL, all with 9 points.

3 Letter Words You Can Make with lough

HOG, HUG and UGH are the top 3-letter words in LOUGH, 7 points each. LOG and LUG will look familiar.

2 Letter Words You Can Make with lough

HO, OH and UH share the top score of 5 among the 2-letter words from LOUGH. GO is the one most people know.

Neighbor Words of LOUGH

Keep every letter of LOUGH but one, change that one, and you get:

L T gives TOUGH · unscramble tough
L D gives DOUGH · unscramble dough
L C gives COUGH · unscramble cough
L R gives ROUGH · unscramble rough
O A gives LAUGH · words from laugh
H T gives GLOUT · words from glout

More 5-letter words: starting with LO · ending in GH · all 5-letter words

Definitions for the Top LOUGH Plays

LOUGH first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.

Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends

LOUGH 9 · 11: a lake
GHOUL 9 · 11: a demon
HOG 7 · 7: to take more than one's share
HUG 7 · 8: to clasp tightly in the arms
UGH 7 · 8: the sound of a cough or grunt
HO 5 · 4: a prostitute
OH 5 · 4: to exclaim in surprise, pain, or desire
UH 5 · 5: used to express hesitation

Is LOUGH Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?

LOUGH works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.

Game	Scrabble US	Scrabble UK	Words With Friends*
LOUGH itself	Yes	Yes	Yes
Answers accepted (of 17)	13	17	13

* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.

4 of the 17 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GU, LOU, UG and OU.

One Extra Tile and LOUGH Grows

With one more tile, the letters of LOUGH spell the words below.