COCKHORSE is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. COCKHORSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCKHORSE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCKHORSE is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCKHORSE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cockhorsesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCKHORSE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COCKHORSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COCKHORSE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COCKHORSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A child's toy horse, such as a rocking horse or a stick with a horse's head, that the child rides.
The cockhorse is known from the nursery rhyme about riding to Banbury Cross. It can also mean a tall horse or, in older speech, a knee on which a child is bounced.
How COCKHORSE is used
Used in old-fashioned or rhyming contexts for a child's toy horse.
- The nursery rhyme speaks of riding a cockhorse to Banbury Cross.
- The boy galloped across the room on his cockhorse.
- An antique cockhorse stood in the attic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCKHORSE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCKHORSE
1 longer words begin with COCKHORSE.
Shorter words from the letters in COCKHORSE
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Common questions about COCKHORSE
- Is COCKHORSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCKHORSE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCKHORSE worth?
- COCKHORSE is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCKHORSE mean?
- A child's toy horse, such as a rocking horse or a stick with a horse's head, that the child rides.
- What letters can be added to COCKHORSE?
- COCKHORSE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COCKHORSE:
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