COCKNEYISM is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. COCKNEYISM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCKNEYISM?
| 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 COCKNEYISM is to know. It scores 23 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCKNEYISM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cockneyismsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCKNEYISM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COCKNEYISM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COCKNEYISM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COCKNEYISM mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A word, phrase or manner of speech typical of London Cockney speakers.
A cockneyism is judged by its flavour rather than its meaning: it marks the speaker as coming from working-class London. Writers use a cockneyism to give a character local colour without spelling out an entire accent.
How COCKNEYISM is used
A cockneyism is mentioned when discussing dialect, dialogue in fiction or the way someone talks.
- The novelist peppered the barman's lines with every cockneyism she could remember.
- He lost his last cockneyism after years of elocution lessons.
- Calling a friend "mate" in that tone is a classic cockneyism.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCKNEYISM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCKNEYISM
1 longer words begin with COCKNEYISM.
Shorter words from the letters in COCKNEYISM
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Common questions about COCKNEYISM
- Is COCKNEYISM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCKNEYISM, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCKNEYISM worth?
- COCKNEYISM is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCKNEYISM mean?
- A word, phrase or manner of speech typical of London Cockney speakers.
- What letters can be added to COCKNEYISM?
- COCKNEYISM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COCKNEYISM:
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