COCCOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COCCOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCCOUS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCCOUS is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCCOUS
No single letter turns COCCOUS into another word.
How COCCOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COCCOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 3 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. COCCOUS needs 1 blank tile.
What does COCCOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to a coccus, a round bacterium, or to one of the carpels of a certain fruit.
Coccous is a rare technical adjective from biology and botany. The root means a berry or round body, which fits the spherical shape of the cells it describes. It appears far more often in textbooks than in everyday talk.
How COCCOUS is used
Scientists use coccous when they describe round bacterial forms.
- The coccous form appeared as tiny spheres under the microscope.
- A coccous organism was found in the sample.
- The text lists coccous and rod-shaped bacteria separately.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCCOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COCCOUS
Common questions about COCCOUS
- Is COCCOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCCOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCCOUS worth?
- COCCOUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCCOUS mean?
- Relating to a coccus, a round bacterium, or to one of the carpels of a certain fruit.
- What letters can be added to COCCOUS?
- No single letter can be added to COCCOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COCCOUS:
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