Roughs

6 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of rough: the areas of long uncut grass bordering the fairways and greens on a golf course.

“His wayward drive landed deep in the roughs and took an extra stroke to recover from.”

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Synonyms

scrubundergrowth

Antonyms

fairway green

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Wordle

Ends in -GHS where GH is silent, this unusual cluster is worth knowing to avoid Wordle traps

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Scrabble

ROUGHS scores 9 points, GH combination and the S hook make this a useful board word

Words Related to Roughs

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “roughs” to make these 6-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

boughs coughs doughs loughs rouges soughs toughs

Words you can make from Roughs

Shorter words formed from the letters in “roughs”.

grush gursh hours rough shrog shrug sough gosh gour gros grus guhr gush hogs hors hour hugo hugs huso ours rhos rhus rous rugs

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