COCAIN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COCAIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCAIN?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCAIN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCAIN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCAIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COCAIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 306,598.
What does COCAIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A shorter spelling of cocaine, the addictive drug taken from coca leaves and once used as a local anesthetic.
The spelling cocain turns up mostly in older medical and chemical writing, from the years when the substance was newly isolated and doctors used it to numb eyes, throats and skin. Today the drug is tightly controlled because of its strong stimulant effect and its risk of dependence. Modern texts almost always print the fuller spelling with the final e.
How COCAIN is used
An old or technical spelling; current writing prefers the form with the final e.
- The old journal describes a solution of cocain used before the operation.
- A bottle labeled cocain stood in the museum's display of antique remedies.
- Early surgeons praised cocain for numbing the eye.
- The article traces how cocain moved from the pharmacy to the courtroom.
- He found the spelling cocain in a nineteenth-century textbook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCAIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCAIN
19 longer words begin with COCAIN.
Shorter words from the letters in COCAIN
Common questions about COCAIN
- Is COCAIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCAIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCAIN worth?
- COCAIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCAIN mean?
- A shorter spelling of cocaine, the addictive drug taken from coca leaves and once used as a local anesthetic.
- What letters can be added to COCAIN?
- COCAIN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COCAIN:
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