Explore the many words containing ‘Ough’! From ‘boughs’ to ‘slough’, ‘though’ to ‘trough’ and ‘clough’, the English language has a vast array of words that contain the ‘Ough’ sound. This article provides a comprehensive list of all 466 words that contain ‘Ough’.
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The words are arranged in order of common usage, with ‘boughs’ (large branches of a tree) at the top of the list, followed by ‘slough’ (a swamp or marsh), ‘though’ (used to introduce a statement that contrasts with something said previously), ‘trough’ (a long, narrow container for holding water or food for animals) and ‘clough’ (a steep-sided valley).
The words arranged in the lists below are in order of frequency of use, from left to right and down.
List Of 5-Letter Words Containing “ough”
tough
rough
ought
cough
dough
bough
hough
lough
jough
sough
wough
List Of 6-Letter Words Containing “ough”
though
enough
bought
sought
fought
slough
trough
plough
clough
coughs
brough
nought
boughs
tought
roughy
roughs
doughs
toughs
doughy
chough
rought
swough
toughy
frough
soughs
shough
oughts
dought
mought
loughs
grough
boughy
through
thought
brought
borough
roughly
drought
doughty
wrought
tougher
troughs
coughed
rougher
toughen
sloughs
roughed
ploughs
noughts
toughie
roughen
oughtnt
abought
cougher
cloughs
boughed
toughly
choughs
troughy
aswough
unrough
untough
enoughs
sougher
soughed
oughted
noughty
hougher
froughy
roughet
roughie
foughty
skeough
sloughy
enrough
toughra
List Of 8-Letter Words Containing “ough”
although
thoughts
thorough
houghton
toughest
coughing
boroughs
droughts
doughnut
roughing
brougham
ploughed
furlough
doughboy
besought
roughest
roughage
turlough
resought
toughens
sloughed
unsought
hiccough
doughman
gufought
roughleg
donought
soughing
coughers
thoughty
broughta
boughten
boughpot
toughies
toughish
troughed
betrough
unbought
unfought
unplough
athrough
roughish
doughier
houghite
foughten
lougheen
noughtly
oufought
oughting
entrough
plougher
refought
replough
droughty
doughmen
roughdry
roughens
roughers
roughhew
upplough
List Of 9-Letter Words Containing “ough”
burroughs
roughness
toughness
doughnuts
sourdough
ploughing
toughened
throughly
roughneck
roughshod
rethought
ploughman
roughened
sloughing
bethought
unwrought
methought
furloughs
doughboys
unthought
roughride
roughroot
roughlegs
roughings
roughhews
roughhewn
roughener
roughdraw
roughcast
roughsome
roughtail
roughwork
upwrought
upbrought
untoughly
undoughty
unbrought
unborough
troughway
troughing
troughful
toughhead
thoughten
thoughted
toughener
soughless
sloughier
wandought
roughages
rewrought
doughtily
doughtier
doughlike
doughiest
doughhead
doughfoot
doughfeet
doughface
doughbird
coughwort
coughweed
coughroot
chincough
broughtas
broughams
boughpots
boughless
enwrought
gunfought
harbrough
ploughmen
dogfought
ploughers
ploughboy
pentrough
overrough
outsought
outfought
oughtness
oughtlins
noughtily
kinkcough
inwrought
inbrought
houghband
hiccoughs
herbrough
bewrought
List Of 10-Letter Words Containing “ough”
throughout
thoroughly
throughput
thoughtful
harborough
yarborough
roughnecks
overbought
toughening
roughening
furloughed
triborough
roughrider
soughfully
snowplough
sloughiest
roughstuff
roughhewed
roughhewer
roughhouse
roughhousy
roughishly
ploughgang
roughscuff
roughslant
sourdoughs
throughway
thorougher
unthorough
unsloughed
unploughed
unfoughten
underbough
unbesought
turnplough
troughwise
troughster
troughlike
tougheners
thoughtway
thoughtlet
thoughtkin
washtrough
roughdries
oughtlings
miswrought
misthought
houghsinew
hiccoughed
hardbought
forthought
forfoughen
forethough
fireplough
fearnought
droughtier
doughtiest
doughmaker
doughiness
doughfoots
doughbelly
outborough
outbrought
roughdried
roughdress
roughdraft
ploughwise
ploughtail
ploughshoe
ploughmell
ploughline
ploughland
ploughhead
ploughgate
ploughfoot
ploughfish
overfought
outwrought
outthrough
outthought
boroughlet
scarborough
dreadnought
thoughtless
forethought
overwrought
thoroughway
thoroughwax
thoughtfree
thoughtness
untoughness
thoroughpin
thoroughest
sloughiness
roughtailed
roughstring
roughsetter
thoughtsick
throroughly
unthoughted
unthoughful
unsloughing
unroughened
underbought
unbethought
throughways
throughknow
throughgrow
throughgang
throughcome
throughbred
throughbear
roughometer
roughnesses
roughhouses
headborough
handwrought
furloughing
forfoughten
forewrought
droughtiest
droughermen
doughtiness
doughmaking
coploughing
butterbough
boroughwide
hiccoughing
noughtiness
overroughly
roughhouser
roughhoused
roughhewing
roughfooted
roughdrying
roughcaster
prefurlough
ploughstilt
ploughstaff
ploughshare
ploughpoint
overthought
boroughship
List Of 12-Letter Words Containing “ough”
breakthrough
thoroughbred
thoughtfully
afterthought
thoroughfare
thoroughness
therethrough
aforethought
merrythought
dreadnoughts
underthought
thoroughbass
ploughwright
wherethrough
thoroughfoot
unthoughtful
thoroughsped
unthoroughly
thoroughstem
thoroughwort
underwrought
throughither
throughother
toughhearted
throughgoing
thirdborough
superwrought
doughbellies
doughfaceism
droughtiness
floorthrough
forthbrought
hyperwrought
houghmagandy
interborough
interwrought
overwwrought
ploughjogger
roughcasting
roughhearted
roughhousing
roughishness
roughwrought
breastplough
List Of 13-Letter Words Containing “ough”
breakthroughs
thoroughfares
thoroughbreds
afterthoughts
thoroughgoing
thoughtlessly
tonguedoughty
unforethought
thoroughpaced
unthoughtedly
thoroughfarer
thoroughbrace
superthorough
boroughmaster
boroughmonger
doublethought
forethoughted
interwwrought
overroughness
ploughmanship
prethoughtful
unthoughtlike
List Of 14-Letter Words Containing “ough”
thoughtfulness
afterthoughted
unthoroughness
throughganging
thoroughstitch
thoroughgrowth
thoroughfooted
predreadnought
overthoughtful
forethoughtful
counterthought
breakthroughes
boroughmongery
unthoughtfully
thoughtlessness
forethoughtless
nonthoroughfare
prethoughtfully
superthoroughly
thoroughfooting
thoroughgoingly
thoughtfreeness
