rough
rough is a valid 5-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What does rough mean?
Unpleasantly stern.
“the nomad life is rough and hazardous”
Having or caused by an irregular surface.
“trees with rough bark”
“rough ground”
Not quite exact or correct.
“a rough guess”
Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements.
“a rough ride”
Not perfected.
“a rough draft”
“a few rough sketches”
(of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse.
“she was a diamond in the rough”
“rough manners”
Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped.
Violently agitated and turbulent.
“rough weather”
“rough seas”
Ready and able to resort to force or violence.
“they were rough and determined fighting men”
Not shaped by cutting or trimming.
“rough gemstones”
Not carefully or expertly made.
“rough carpentry”
Unkind or cruel or uncivil.
“a rough answer”
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound.
Full of hardship or trials.
“they were having a rough time”
With rough motion as over a rough surface.
“ride rough”
With roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly').
“he was pushed roughly aside”
“they treated him rough”
Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form.
The part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short.