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COUGHS

6 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What COUGHS Means

COUGHS is a form of COUGH, which means:

  1. noun: a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
  2. verb: exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion“The smoker coughs all day”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

COUGHS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 U1 G2 H4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In COUGHS

56 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

5 letter words (7)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (12)

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