COACT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COACT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COACT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COACT is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COACT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coactsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COACT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COACT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 174,277.
What does COACT mean in Scrabble?
verb
rare
To act together with another person or force; to work or operate jointly toward the same end.
coact describes two or more people, forces or processes acting together rather than separately, so that their combined effect produces a single result. The word is rare in modern English and is chiefly encountered in older philosophical, legal or theological writing where independent forces are said to coact. It is built on the same Latin root as enact and react, all sharing a core sense of driving or acting.
How COACT is used
Rare; found mostly in older or formal writing about forces or agents working jointly.
- The essay argued that mind and body coact rather than operate apart.
- Several forces seemed to coact to produce the sudden collapse.
- The treatise claims that grace and free will coact in the soul.
- Historians noted how economics and politics coact in every revolution.
- The old philosopher believed the elements coact according to fixed law.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COACT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COACT
11 longer words begin with COACT.
Shorter words from the letters in COACT
Common questions about COACT
- Is COACT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COACT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COACT worth?
- COACT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COACT mean?
- To act together with another person or force; to work or operate jointly toward the same end.
- What letters can be added to COACT?
- COACT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COACT:
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