Is TOUGH a word?
TOUGH is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 16 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, TOUGH is a valid word.
What does tough mean?
noun: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
TOUGH: word details
- Pronunciation: TUHF (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 9 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so TOUGH works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of tough
Shorter words inside tough
Words you can make from the letters of tough.
Solve a whole rack, not just TOUGH
TOUGH is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does TOUGH mean?
TOUGH is a noun. It means: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing.
Is TOUGH a valid word?
Yes, TOUGH is a valid word. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.