Drought

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall that leads to a serious shortage of water.

“The drought had lasted three months and reservoir levels were at a record low.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/draʊt/

Related Words

Synonyms

drouth

Antonyms

flood delugedownpour

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Contains the tricky OUGH cluster, the GHT ending is shared with BROUGHT, THOUGHT, and SOUGHT

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Scrabble

Worth 11 points, a solid seven-letter play and the OUGH pattern is worth memorising for Scrabble

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brought draught

Words you can make from Drought

Shorter words formed from the letters in “drought”.

drouth trough dough drogh gourd grout ought rough routh throu tough tudor dort doth doug dour dout droh drou drug duhr duro goth gour

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