Is “Sloughs” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
SLOUGHS
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Invalid

Meaning of Sloughs

noun
  1. 1.The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

    That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.

  2. 2.Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

    This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.

verb
  1. 1.To shed (skin).

    Snakes slough their skin periodically.

  2. 2.To slide off (like a layer of skin).

    A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.

  3. 3.To discard.

    East sloughed a heart.

noun
  1. 1.A muddy or marshy area.

  2. 2.(Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.

    We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.

  3. 3.(Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.