ought
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Is ought a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
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- Wordle Yes
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What is the meaning of ought?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (obsolete) simple past of oweExamples: "There was a certayne lender / which had two detters / the one ought five hondred pence / and the other fifty."; "[…]witneſſe Ariſtippus, who being vrged with the affection he ought his children, as proceeding from his loynes, began to ſpeake and ſpit[…]."form-ofobsoletepast
verb (English)
1. (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating duty or obligation.Examples: "I ought to vote in the coming election."auxiliarydatedformal
2. (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating advisability or prudence.Examples: "You ought to always stand back from the edge of the platform."; "Do you think we ought to leave now?"auxiliarydatedformal
3. (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating desirability.Examples: "He ought to read the book; it was very good."auxiliarydatedformal
4. (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating likelihood or probability.Examples: "We ought to arrive by noon if we take the motorway, shouldn't we?"; "My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price."auxiliarydatedformal
Definition source: Wiktionary