The word ought is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • ought v. (Obsolete) simple past tense of owe.
  • ought v. (Auxiliary) Indicating duty or obligation.
  • ought v. (Auxiliary) Indicating advisability or prudence.

13 valid words from 3 definitions

ADVISABILITY AUXILIARY DUTY INDICATING OBLIGATION OBSOLETE OF OR OWE PAST PRUDENCE SIMPLE TENSE

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

OU UG UGH

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word.)

GU

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

TOUGH

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AUGHT OUCHT

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

OUGHTS OUGHTED OUGHTING OUGHTNESS OUGHTLINGS OUGHTNESSES

50 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

BOUGHTS DOUGHTY FOUGHTY NOUGHTS BOUGHTEN BROUGHTA DROUGHTS DROUGHTY FOUGHTEN THOUGHTS BROUGHTAS DOUGHTIER DOUGHTILY FOUGHTIER NOUGHTIES THOUGHTED THOUGHTEN DOUGHTIEST DROUGHTIER FOUGHTIEST PLOUGHTAIL THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTWAY UNFOUGHTEN BROUGHTASES DOUGHTINESS DROUGHTIEST FEARNOUGHTS FORFOUGHTEN MISTHOUGHTS PLOUGHTAILS THOUGHTCAST THOUGHTLESS THOUGHTWAYS DREADNOUGHTS DROUGHTINESS FORETHOUGHTS THOUGHTCASTS THOUGHTFULLY UNTHOUGHTFUL AFORETHOUGHTS AFTERTHOUGHTS DOUGHTINESSES MERRYTHOUGHTS THOUGHTLESSLY DROUGHTINESSES FORETHOUGHTFUL THOUGHTFULNESS UNTHOUGHTFULLY THOUGHTLESSNESS

55 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

BOUGHT DOUGHT FOUGHT MOUGHT NOUGHT ROUGHT SOUGHT ABOUGHT BROUGHT DROUGHT THOUGHT WROUGHT BESOUGHT INFOUGHT REBOUGHT REFOUGHT RESOUGHT UNBOUGHT UNFOUGHT UNSOUGHT BETHOUGHT DOGFOUGHT GUNFOUGHT INBROUGHT INWROUGHT METHOUGHT OUTBOUGHT OUTFOUGHT PREBOUGHT RETHOUGHT REWROUGHT UNTHOUGHT UNWROUGHT UPBROUGHT UPWROUGHT DEARBOUGHT FEARNOUGHT FORTHOUGHT MISTHOUGHT OUTTHOUGHT OUTWROUGHT OVERBOUGHT UNBESOUGHT DREADNOUGHT FORETHOUGHT HANDWROUGHT HIGHWROUGHT OVERTHOUGHT OVERWROUGHT UNDERBOUGHT + 5 words

14 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+B BOUGHT
+D DOUGHT
+F FOUGHT
+G THUGGO
+H THOUGH
+M MOUGHT
+N HOGNUT NOUGHT
+R ROUGHT TROUGH
+S OUGHTS SOUGHT TOUGHS
+Y TOUGHY

5 anagrams minus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-G HOUT THOU
-H GOUT
-O THUG
-U GOTH

Scrabble scoring

  • 9 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 697 chance (0.14%).
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 3112 chance (0.03%).

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  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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