COCCUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COCCUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCCUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCCUS is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCCUS
No single letter turns COCCUS into another word.
How COCCUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COCCUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 3 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. COCCUS needs 1 blank tile.
What does COCCUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A bacterium of round or roughly spherical shape.
Coccus comes from a Greek word for a berry, which fits the round look of these cells under a microscope. Cocci may live singly, in pairs, in chains or in grape-like clusters, and the arrangement helps to identify them. The plural is cocci, pronounced with a "ks" sound. In botany the same word names one of the separate parts of a dry fruit.
How COCCUS is used
Technical; the plural cocci is far more common than the singular.
- Each coccus in the pair was about a micron wide.
- A single coccus cannot be seen without a microscope.
- The streptococcus grows as a coccus joined in long chains.
- The lab report described the coccus as stained purple.
- One coccus divided and produced two daughter cells.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCCUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COCCUS
Common questions about COCCUS
- Is COCCUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCCUS, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCCUS worth?
- COCCUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCCUS mean?
- A bacterium of round or roughly spherical shape.
- What letters can be added to COCCUS?
- No single letter can be added to COCCUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COCCUS:
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