COARSE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COARSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COARSE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COARSE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COARSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How COARSE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COARSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What stands out about COARSE
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COARSE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Rough or harsh in texture, made of large grains or particles, or, describing behaviour or speech, crude and lacking refinement.
A fabric, sandpaper or piece of ground pepper can all be called coarse when its surface feels rough or its particles are noticeably large compared with something finer. Cooks distinguish coarse salt or coarse sugar from the fine, powdery kind, since larger grains dissolve more slowly and give a different texture to a dish. Applied to people, coarse describes crude, vulgar language or manners that show little regard for polite convention, as in a coarse joke told at the wrong moment. Anglers also use coarse fish as a specific term for freshwater fish other than salmon and trout, a sense with nothing to do with texture or manners at all.
How COARSE is used
A common word used both literally for rough texture and, often disapprovingly, for crude behaviour or language.
- The tailor felt the coarse wool before deciding not to use it.
- She seasoned the steak with coarse salt and cracked pepper.
- His coarse jokes embarrassed everyone at the dinner table.
- The coarse sand scratched at their bare feet along the shore.
- The club held a competition for coarse fish rather than trout.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COARSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COARSE
The 6 tiles of COARSE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with COARSE
9 longer words begin with COARSE.
Shorter words from the letters in COARSE
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Common questions about COARSE
- Is COARSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COARSE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COARSE worth?
- COARSE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COARSE mean?
- Rough or harsh in texture, made of large grains or particles, or, describing behaviour or speech, crude and lacking refinement.
- What letters can be added to COARSE?
- COARSE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COARSE:
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