COB is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. COB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COB?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COB is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in COB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does COB mean in Scrabble?
noun
The woody core of an ear of maize, left when the grain is taken off.
Corn on the cob keeps the word alive in kitchens, but it does a great deal of other work in English: a short thickset horse, a male swan, a round loaf and a lump of coal are all cobs. The senses have separate roots and only shape connects them, which is why no entry can put them in one line.
How COB is used
Countable: a cob, two cobs. Which sense is meant is almost always settled by the words beside it.
- Strip the grain and keep the cob for the fire.
- Corn on the cob needs nothing but butter.
- He rides a cob rather than anything taller.
- The cob drove the ducks off the water.
- A cob and two rolls came in the same bag.
- Nobody confuses one cob with another in context.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COB and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COB
Showing 24 of 63 words that begin with COB.
Words ending in COB
2 words end in COB. Useful as a back hook: play COB onto a word already on the board.
Words with COB inside
Showing 24 of 37 words that contain COB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COB
Common questions about COB
- Is COB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COB, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COB worth?
- COB is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COB mean?
- The woody core of an ear of maize, left when the grain is taken off.
- What letters can be added to COB?
- COB takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of COB:
Open COB in the Word Finder