Only for some Words. The OU in grouch has the OW sound as in couch and pouch.
The letters OUGH can have 4 different sounds:
In dough, it is the long O (oh) as in though and thorough.
In cough, it is the AW sound as in trough.
In rough, it is the short U sound as in tough and slough.
Only in bough (bow) and plough (plow) does it have the same OW sound as grouch.
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