COCA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COCA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCA is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cocasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COCA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 54,461.
What does COCA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed.
Coca came into Spanish from Quechua and names a plant grown in the Andes for thousands of years. It is unrelated to cocoa, which comes from an entirely different continent and language.
How COCA is used
Uncountable. Not the same as cocoa.
- Coca leaves are chewed against altitude sickness.
- The word coca came into Spanish from Quechua.
- Coca and cocoa are unrelated in every way.
- The Andes have grown coca for thousands of years.
- A coca plantation looks nothing like a cocoa one.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCA
Showing 24 of 32 words that begin with COCA.
Words with COCA inside
9 words contain COCA in the middle. Words that start with COCA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COCA
Common questions about COCA
- Is COCA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCA worth?
- COCA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCA mean?
- A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed.
- What letters can be added to COCA?
- COCA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COCA:
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