Definition
- (verb) To shed (skin). “Snakes slough their skin periodically.”
- (verb) To slide off (like a layer of skin). “A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.”
- (verb) To discard. “East sloughed a heart.”
- (verb) (Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch) “"Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"”
Word stats
- Sloughed contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Words you can build
- soughed
- ghouls
- gushed
- housed
- lodges
- should
- slough
- sludge
- doles
- dough
- douse
- duels
- gelds
- ghoul
- glued
- glues
- golds
- holds
- holed
- holes
- hosed
- house
- lodes
- lodge
- loges
- louse
- ogled
- ogles
- shoed
- slued
- soled
- sough
- does
- dogs
- dole
- dose
- duel
- dues
- duos
- egos
- geld
- gels
- glue
- gods
- goes
- gold
- gosh
- gush
- held
- hods
- hoed
- hoes
- hogs
- hold
- hole
- hose
- hued
- hues
- huge
Word neighbours
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with SLO
- slob
- slobber
- slobbered
- slobbering
- slobbers
- slobs
- sloe
- sloes
- slog
- slogan
- slogans
- slogged
- slogging
- slogs
- sloop
- sloops
- slop
- slope
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Words ending with HED
Frequently asked questions
What does Sloughed mean?
To shed (skin).
How many letters are in Sloughed?
Sloughed has 8 letters.
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