DOUGH is a thick mixture of flour and liquid used for baking bread, or slang for money. In word games, it's a versatile 5-letter word with balanced scoring potential.
Yes. DOUGH is in the Scrabble-style word list used by our tools and scores 10 points in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends and 12 in Wordfeud (base tile values, no board multipliers). Always check the dictionary your game uses (NWL, Collins or the WWF list) before playing.
| Letter | D | O | U | G | H | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrabble | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Words With Friends | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Wordfeud | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
DOUGH has two primary meanings that make it a versatile word. In baking, dough is a thick, malleable mixture of flour and liquid that forms the basis for bread, pastries, and pizza. In slang, "dough" means money, a usage dating back to the 19th century.
In word games, DOUGH scores {gameData[selectedGame].points} base points. While it lacks high-value tiles, the combination of D (2 points), G (2 points), and H (4 points) provides steady scoring. The -OUGH ending is particularly useful for parallel plays.
Pro tip: DOUGH is excellent for building longer words. It can become DOUGHS (plural) or combine with prefixes to form SOURDOUGH. The -OUGH pattern also appears in ROUGH, TOUGH, and COUGH, making it a valuable pattern to remember.
DOUGH comes from Old English "dag," related to Old High German "teig" and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to form" or "to build." The money slang arose from bread being a staple food - "dough makes bread" became "dough = money" in 19th-century American slang.
Anagrams: no other word uses exactly the letters of DOUGH.
Hooks: no front hooks; back DOUGHS, DOUGHT, DOUGHY.
Words inside DOUGH: 17 shorter words can be made from these letters – highest scoring: DUHHODHOGHUGUGHDOGDUGGODHOOHUHDUO. See all words from DOUGH.