sooth

Plural: sooths

Noun

Truth or reality; a factual statement.
truth or reality
- "in sooth"
Truth.
Augury; prognostication.
Blandishment; cajolery.
Reality; fact.

Adj

True.
Pleasing; delightful; sweet.

Adv

In truth; indeed.

Verb

Obsolete form of soothe.

Adjective

Truthful; in accordance with fact or reality.

Examples

His claim of having a bingo was sooth; he had indeed played ’SQUIB’ for 80 points.
The sooth of the matter was, he needed a ’J’ to win this Words With Friends game.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sooth, from Old English sōþ (“truth; true, actual, real”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþ, from Proto-Germanic *sanþaz (“truth; true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sónts, *h₁s-ont- (“being, existence, real, true”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).
Akin to Old Saxon sōþ (“true”), Old High German sand (“true”), Old Norse sannr (“true”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰 (sunja, “truth”), Old English synn (“sin, guilt"; literally, "being the one guilty”). More at sin. See also soothe, derived from the same Old English word.

Scrabble Score: 8

sooth: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sooth: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sooth: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

sooth: valid Words With Friends Word