COANCHOR is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COANCHOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COANCHOR?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COANCHOR is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COANCHOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coanchorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COANCHOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COANCHOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COANCHOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COANCHOR mean in Scrabble?
verb
To present a television or radio programme jointly with another person.
Two presenters who coanchor a show share the desk and the script. The word is also a noun for the person who shares the job. It is common in American news broadcasting.
How COANCHOR is used
Used in broadcasting for jointly hosting news or talk shows.
- She will coanchor the evening news with her old colleague.
- They coanchor the morning show on weekdays.
- The coanchor smiled as the broadcast began.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COANCHOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COANCHOR
The 8 tiles of COANCHOR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COANCHOR
3 longer words begin with COANCHOR.
Shorter words from the letters in COANCHOR
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Common questions about COANCHOR
- Is COANCHOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COANCHOR, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COANCHOR worth?
- COANCHOR is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COANCHOR mean?
- To present a television or radio programme jointly with another person.
- What letters can be added to COANCHOR?
- COANCHOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COANCHOR:
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