ought

ought is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as noun & adjectivedverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: See Aught. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun & adjectivedverb. See Aught.
2. past tense, participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, or adjectiveuxiliary. Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.
3. past tense, participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, or adjectiveuxiliary. Owned; possessed.
4. past tense, participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, or adjectiveuxiliary. To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
5. past tense, participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, or adjectiveuxiliary. To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
6. of Owe

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ought:

tough

Common word forms

oughts, oughted, oughting, oughtness

Words from these letters

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