cough
Cough commonly means to exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion. As a noun, cough can refer to 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.
Length
5
Scrabble
11
WWF
13
Starts
CO
Ends
UGH
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “COUGH” Mean?
/kɒf/
cough has 2 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
1 sensea 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
Synonyms
Verb
1 senseexhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
“The smoker coughs all day”
Synonyms for COUGH
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
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
Length
5 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
H
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
C, O, U, G, H
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆COUGH has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆COUGH is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆COUGH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆COUGH uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CVVCC
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
CO, OU, UG, GH
Trigrams
COU, OUG, UGH
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