Definitions For Ouche

Noun

OUCHE (plural OUCHEs) (historical, or, poetic) A brooch#noun, brooch or clasp#noun, clasp for fastening a piece#noun, piece of clothing#noun, clothing together, especially when set#verb, set with jewel#noun, jewels or valuable#adjective, valuable.

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, nouch, ooch, ouch, owch}}

Etymology

From Middle English ouche, from nouche, which in phrases like a nouche was re-analyzed as an ouche ({{rebracketing, en, nocap=1}}). From {{der, en, xno, nusche}} and {{der, en, fro, nusche}} (with metanalysis), from a {{uder, en, gem, -}} source; compare {{cog, de, Nusche}}, {{cog, gem-pro, *hnuts}}.{{R:OED Online, entry=ouche, pos=n, id=9373229264, date=September 2023, nodot=1}}; {{R:Lexico, alt=ouche{{sup, 1}}, pos=n}}

Is Ouche a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends NO
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global NO
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
11

The word Ouche is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

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