rough
Rough can refer to the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short. As a verb, rough can mean to prepare in preliminary or sketchy form.
Length
5
Scrabble
9
WWF
10
Starts
RO
Ends
UGH
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “ROUGH” Mean?
/ɹʌf/
rough has 18 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb, verb.
Adjective
14 senseshaving or caused by an irregular surface
“trees with rough bark”
“rough ground”
“rough skin”
“rough blankets”
Synonyms
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse
“she was a diamond in the rough”
“rough manners”
not quite exact or correct
“the approximate time was 10 o'clock”
“a rough guess”
“a rough estimate”
Synonyms
violently agitated and turbulent
“boisterous winds and waves”
“{'source': 'Ezra Pound', 'text': 'the fierce thunders roar me their music'}”
“rough weather”
“rough seas”
Synonyms
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ready and able to resort to force or violence
“{'source': 'Herman Melville', 'text': 'pugnacious spirits … lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance'}”
“they were rough and determined fighting men”
Synonyms
of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped
not carefully or expertly made
“managed to make a crude splint”
“a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”
“rough carpentry”
Synonyms
not perfected
“a rough draft”
“a few rough sketches”
unpleasantly stern
“wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”
“the nomad life is rough and hazardous”
Synonyms
unkind or cruel or uncivil
“had harsh words”
“a harsh and unlovable old tyrant”
“a rough answer”
Synonyms
Noun
1 sensethe part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
Adverb
2 sensesVerb
1 senseprepare in preliminary or sketchy form
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
having or caused by an irregular surface
Length
5 letters
Starts With
R
Ends With
H
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
R, O, U, G, H
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆ROUGH has a Scrabble score of 9. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆ROUGH 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
★★★★☆ROUGH can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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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
RO, OU, UG, GH
Trigrams
ROU, OUG, UGH
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