hough

Plural: houghs

Noun

Alternative form of hock (“the hollow behind the knee”).
Alternative form of hock (“tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped”).
Obsolete spelling of hoe.
Alternative form of hoe.

Verb

Alternative form of hock (“to hamstring”).
Archaic spelling of hoe.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hough, houȝ, hoch, howghe, from Old English hōh (“heel, hough”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (“heel”). Doublet of hoo.
The regular modern English development would be /hʌf/, /haʊ/; this has been replaced by /hɒk/, originating in the compound huxen (also *hoxen), from Old English hōhsinu.

Synonyms

hamstring, hock, hox

Scrabble Score: 12

hough: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
hough: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
hough: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

hough: valid Words With Friends Word