Is DROUGHTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, DROUGHTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 13 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does DROUGHTS mean?
Droughts is a form of DROUGHT.
- noun
a shortage of rainfall
“farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season”
- noun
a prolonged shortage
“when England defeated Pakistan it ended a ten-year drought”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
13
Scrabble
14
Words With Friends
8
Letters
D (2) + R (1) + O (1) + U (1) + G (2) + H (4) + T (1) + S (1) = 13 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for DROUGHTS
DROUGHTS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from DROUGHTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- drought12
- drouths11
- troughs11
- doughs11
- dought11
- drouth10
- oughts10
- roughs10
- shroud10
- sought10
- toughs10
- trough10
- dough10
- rouths9
- ghost9
- goths9
- gursh9
- hurds9
- ought9
- rough9
- shrug9
- sough9
- thuds9
- thugs9
- tough9
- gourds8
- horst8
- hours8
- hurst8
- hurts8
- routh8
- ruths8
- short8
- shout8
- south8
- thous8
- dohs8
- dosh8
- doth8
- gosh8
- goth8
- gush8
- hods8
- hogs8
- hugs8
- shod8
- shog8
- sugh8
- thud8
- thug8
- ughs8
- grouts7
- stroud7
- drugs7
- gourd7
- host7
- hots7
- hour7
- hurt7
- huts7
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