COCHLEA is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. COCHLEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCHLEA?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCHLEA is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCHLEA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCHLEA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COCHLEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does COCHLEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The cochlea is the spiral, snail-shaped tube in the inner ear that turns sound vibrations into nerve signals.
Hearing depends on tiny hair cells lining the cochlea, which respond to different pitches along its length. A cochlear implant bypasses damaged hair cells and stimulates the nerve directly.
How COCHLEA is used
Cochlea is standard in anatomy, audiology and hearing-health writing.
- Sound waves travel into the cochlea through fluid.
- Damage to the cochlea can cause permanent hearing loss.
- The surgeon placed the device inside the cochlea.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCHLEA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCHLEA
9 longer words begin with COCHLEA.
Shorter words from the letters in COCHLEA
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Common questions about COCHLEA
- Is COCHLEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCHLEA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCHLEA worth?
- COCHLEA is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCHLEA mean?
- The cochlea is the spiral, snail-shaped tube in the inner ear that turns sound vibrations into nerve signals.
- What letters can be added to COCHLEA?
- COCHLEA takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COCHLEA:
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