COFFERDAM is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. COFFERDAM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COFFERDAM?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COFFERDAM is to know. It scores 20 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COFFERDAM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cofferdamsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COFFERDAM scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COFFERDAM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| f | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COFFERDAM has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COFFERDAM mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A watertight enclosure built in water and pumped dry so that construction or repair work can be done below the waterline.
Engineers put up a cofferdam around a bridge pier so workers can build on the bed of a river in dry conditions. The same name is used for a narrow empty space between two bulkheads of a ship.
How COFFERDAM is used
Used in civil engineering and shipbuilding.
- Workers pumped out the cofferdam to reach the foundations.
- A steel cofferdam surrounded the bridge pier.
- The cofferdam leaked during the storm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COFFERDAM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COFFERDAM
1 longer words begin with COFFERDAM.
Shorter words from the letters in COFFERDAM
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Common questions about COFFERDAM
- Is COFFERDAM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COFFERDAM, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COFFERDAM worth?
- COFFERDAM is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COFFERDAM mean?
- A watertight enclosure built in water and pumped dry so that construction or repair work can be done below the waterline.
- What letters can be added to COFFERDAM?
- COFFERDAM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COFFERDAM:
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