COCKBILL is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. COCKBILL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCKBILL?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCKBILL is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCKBILL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cockbillsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCKBILL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COCKBILL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COCKBILL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COCKBILL mean in Scrabble?
verb
nautical
To tilt a ship yard or hang an anchor so that it points steeply upward or hangs ready to drop.
Sailors once cockbilled the yards, setting them at a slant, as a sign of mourning. The word belongs to the old vocabulary of sailing ships and is now chiefly historical.
How COCKBILL is used
Cockbill is found in nautical history and in sea fiction set in the age of sail.
- The crew cockbilled the yards when the captain died.
- They cockbill the anchor before letting it go.
- To cockbill a yard is to set it at a slant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCKBILL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCKBILL
3 longer words begin with COCKBILL.
Shorter words from the letters in COCKBILL
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Common questions about COCKBILL
- Is COCKBILL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCKBILL, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCKBILL worth?
- COCKBILL is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCKBILL mean?
- To tilt a ship yard or hang an anchor so that it points steeply upward or hangs ready to drop.
- What letters can be added to COCKBILL?
- COCKBILL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COCKBILL:
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