COELACANTH is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. COELACANTH is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COELACANTH?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COELACANTH is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COELACANTH
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coelacanthsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COELACANTH scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COELACANTH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COELACANTH has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COELACANTH mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large deep-sea fish with fleshy, limb-like fins, long thought extinct until a living one was caught in 1938.
The coelacanth became famous as a living fossil, because scientists knew it only from rocks before fishermen found one off South Africa. Its lobed fins make it a close study subject for the evolution of limbs.
How COELACANTH is used
Used in zoology and popular science, often as an example of survival.
- A coelacanth was hauled up in a fishing net in 1938.
- The museum displayed a preserved coelacanth.
- People call the coelacanth a living fossil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COELACANTH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COELACANTH
2 longer words begin with COELACANTH.
Shorter words from the letters in COELACANTH
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Common questions about COELACANTH
- Is COELACANTH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COELACANTH, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COELACANTH worth?
- COELACANTH is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COELACANTH mean?
- A large deep-sea fish with fleshy, limb-like fins, long thought extinct until a living one was caught in 1938.
- What letters can be added to COELACANTH?
- COELACANTH takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COELACANTH:
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