ROUGH — 5 letter word
rough
The word rough has 5 letters: R, O, U, G, H. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. As a adverb, it means "with rough motion as over a rough surface".
5 letter word "rough": R O U G H — adverb
Scrabble score: 9 Words With Friends score: 10
Letter analysis of rough
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| G | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| H | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of rough
adverb
- with rough motion as over a rough surface "ride rough" Synonyms: roughly
- with roughness or violence - informal variant for 'roughly' "I was pushed roughly aside." Synonyms: roughly
adjective
- ready and able to resort to force or violence Synonyms: pugnacious
- unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, raspy, scratchy
- violently agitated and turbulent Synonyms: boisterous, fierce
- not shaped by cutting or trimming Synonyms: uncut
- full of hardship or trials Synonyms: rocky
- not quite exact or correct Synonyms: approximate, approximative
- unkind or cruel or uncivil Synonyms: harsh
- unpleasantly stern Synonyms: harsh
- not perfected "a rough draft"
- lacking refinement or finesse, of persons or behavior "The rough child didn't know how to use cutlery properly."
- not carefully or expertly made Synonyms: crude
- having or caused by an irregular surface "trees with rough bark" Synonyms: unsmooth
- causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements "a rough ride" Synonyms: rocky
- of the margin of a leaf shape Synonyms: smooth
noun
- the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short
verb
- prepare in preliminary or sketchy form Synonyms: rough in, rough out
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