COCHINEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COCHINEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCHINEAL?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCHINEAL is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCHINEAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cochinealsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCHINEAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COCHINEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COCHINEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COCHINEAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A bright red dye made from the dried bodies of small scale insects that live on cacti.
The insects were first harvested in Mexico, and cochineal became one of the most valuable colourings traded to Europe. It is still used to tint foods, drinks and cosmetics, where it may be listed as carmine.
How COCHINEAL is used
The word cochineal may name the dye or the insect that produces it.
- The yoghurt owed its pink colour to cochineal.
- Spanish ships carried cochineal across the Atlantic in great quantities.
- Artists once ground cochineal to make a deep crimson paint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCHINEAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COCHINEAL
The 9 tiles of COCHINEAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COCHINEAL
1 longer words begin with COCHINEAL.
Shorter words from the letters in COCHINEAL
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Common questions about COCHINEAL
- Is COCHINEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCHINEAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCHINEAL worth?
- COCHINEAL is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCHINEAL mean?
- A bright red dye made from the dried bodies of small scale insects that live on cacti.
- What letters can be added to COCHINEAL?
- COCHINEAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COCHINEAL:
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