COCKSHUT is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. COCKSHUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COCKSHUT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COCKSHUT is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COCKSHUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cockshutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COCKSHUT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COCKSHUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COCKSHUT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COCKSHUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicdialect
Twilight; the time at the close of day when poultry are shut up for the night.
Cockshut is an old English country word, thought to refer to the hour when hens are penned. Writers such as Shakespeare used it, and it survived for a time in dialect speech as a name for evening.
How COCKSHUT is used
Archaic and dialectal; cockshut would puzzle most modern readers without a gloss.
- They walked home across the fields at cockshut.
- By cockshut the farm had fallen quiet.
- The poet lingered over the soft light of cockshut.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COCKSHUT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COCKSHUT
1 longer words begin with COCKSHUT.
Shorter words from the letters in COCKSHUT
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Common questions about COCKSHUT
- Is COCKSHUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COCKSHUT, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COCKSHUT worth?
- COCKSHUT is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COCKSHUT mean?
- Twilight; the time at the close of day when poultry are shut up for the night.
- What letters can be added to COCKSHUT?
- COCKSHUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COCKSHUT:
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