Touts
Scrabble:5 ptsWWF:6 pts5 letters
Definition of Touts
noun
- Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
"Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena, they are famed for selling counterfeits."
- A person, at a racecourse, who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
- A spy for a smuggler, thief, or similar.
- An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
verb
- To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag; to promote.
"Mary has been touted as a potential succesor to the current COE."
- To look upon or watch.
- To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
- To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
- To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
Anagrams of Touts
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
t1
o1
u1
t1
s1
Total: 5 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Touts
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Touts"
Touts is a 5-letter word that scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "touts" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Touts" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "touts" is a low-scoring word.