ought: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 9 letter points · starts with O · ends with T
Meaning of ought
verb
- form-of, obsolete, past
simple past of owe
Base or related entry: owe.
Source: Wiktionary — ought.
verb
- auxiliary, dialectal, formal
Indicating duty or obligation.
Example: I ought to vote in the coming election.
- auxiliary, dialectal, formal
Indicating advisability or prudence.
Example: You ought to always stand back from the edge of the platform.
- auxiliary, dialectal, formal
Indicating desirability.
Example: He ought to read the book; it was very good.
- auxiliary, dialectal, formal
Indicating likelihood or probability.
Example: We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway, shouldn't we?
Source: Wiktionary — ought.
pron
- alt-of, alternative, auxiliary, dialectal, formal
Alternative spelling of aught; anything
Base or related entry: aught.
Source: Wiktionary — ought.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is ought in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of ought
O(1) + U(1) + G(2) + H(4) + T(1) = 9 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of ought
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from ought
24 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in ought. Showing up to 24, longest first.