Definitions For Oughtness

Noun

OUGHTNESS (plural oughtnesses) (chiefly, philosophy) In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory.Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. (2004) (rare) The state or characteristic of something's being as it ought to be; rightness.{{R:Webster 1913}} (rare) The obligatoriness of future actions or future state of affairs, states of affairs which are morally worthy of being produced through human effort.

Etymology

from ought + ness.

Anagrams

toughness

Is Oughtness a Scrabble Word?

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

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Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
15

The word Oughtness is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends

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