Coughed
7 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
Past tense of cough: expelled air from the lungs abruptly and noisily, as when suffering from a chest complaint or irritation.
“He coughed throughout the night and by morning had developed a fever.”
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Wordle
The GH makes the F sound in this word, COUGHED ends in GHED, which is an unusual combination.
Scrabble
Worth 16 points, the GH giving an F sound is rare and both tiles score. An unexpectedly high-value common word.
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