COCCO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. COCCO is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept COCCO?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCCO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coccosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCCO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COCCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 3 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. COCCO needs 1 blank tile.
What does COCCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
regionalCaribbean
A starchy root vegetable, a type of taro also known as tannia, grown and eaten in Caribbean cooking.
Cocco is one of several regional names for tannia, a starchy corm related to taro that is boiled, mashed or added to soups much like a potato or yam. The name is common in Caribbean markets and kitchens, where cocco sits alongside yam and cassava as an everyday starch. Outside the Caribbean the same plant is more often sold under the names tannia or malanga, so cocco marks the word as belonging to that particular food culture.
How COCCO is used
Regional; used mainly in Caribbean English for this root vegetable.
- The soup was thickened with pieces of cocco and yam.
- She peeled the cocco before boiling it for dinner.
- The market stall sold cocco next to bunches of plantain.
- Cocco has a milder taste than some other root vegetables.
- He grew cocco in the garden behind the house.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCCO
9 longer words begin with COCCO.
Words with COCCO inside
5 words contain COCCO in the middle. Words that start with COCCO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COCCO
Common questions about COCCO
- Is COCCO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and COCCO is not in it.
- How many points is COCCO worth?
- COCCO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCCO mean?
- A starchy root vegetable, a type of taro also known as tannia, grown and eaten in Caribbean cooking.
- What letters can be added to COCCO?
- COCCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COCCO:
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