27 words come out when you unscramble OUGHT, starting with OUGHT itself: 9 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of OUGHT is on the page: TOUGH, each 9 points. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from OUGHT by length: 2 with 5 letters, 5 with 4, 11 with 3 and 9 with 2.
Keep every letter of OUGHT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with OU · ending in HT · all 5-letter words
What OUGHT means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
OUGHT works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUGHT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 27) | 23 | 27 | 22 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
4 of the 27 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOUT, GU, UG and OU. 1 of the 27 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: GOTH.
Each word below uses all the letters of OUGHT and one more.