Doughy
6 lettersadjectivemoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
Having a soft, dense, and slightly sticky texture resembling uncooked dough, typically because of undercooking or insufficient leavening.
“The bread came out doughy in the centre because the oven temperature had been too low.”
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Syllables
dough·y
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Word Game Tips
Wordle
Silent GH followed by Y makes this a very tricky Wordle answer, the -OUGHY pattern is extremely rare
Scrabble
Worth 13 points with H worth 4 and Y worth 4, a high-scoring play if you can build the GH combination
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