COCKLE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. COCKLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCKLE?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCKLE is to know. It scores 14 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCKLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCKLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COCKLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,104 thousand.
What does COCKLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
An edible shellfish with a rounded, ribbed shell that lives buried in sand or mud.
The cockle is a small bivalve gathered on tidal flats and eaten boiled, pickled or in chowders. Its two heart-shaped halves are ridged with ribs that fan out from the hinge. The word also works as a verb meaning to wrinkle or pucker, which is what damp paper or cloth does as it dries. A famous old phrase speaks of warming the cockles of the heart, meaning to give deep comfort.
How COCKLE is used
As a noun, mainly in cooking and coastal life; as a verb, for paper and fabric that wrinkles.
- We dug for each cockle with a small rake.
- A bowl of steamed cockle sat on the table.
- The rain will cockle the thin paper.
- The hot soup warmed the cockles of his heart.
- Pages left in the damp will cockle and curl.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCKLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCKLE
14 longer words begin with COCKLE.
Shorter words from the letters in COCKLE
Common questions about COCKLE
- Is COCKLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCKLE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCKLE worth?
- COCKLE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCKLE mean?
- An edible shellfish with a rounded, ribbed shell that lives buried in sand or mud.
- What letters can be added to COCKLE?
- COCKLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COCKLE:
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