COGENCY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COGENCY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COGENCY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COGENCY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COGENCY
No single letter turns COGENCY into another word.
How COGENCY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COGENCY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does COGENCY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The quality of being clear, logical and convincing, so that an argument is hard to dismiss.
Cogency is what makes an argument persuasive because each step follows from the last. A speech can be loud or moving and still lack cogency if its reasoning has gaps.
How COGENCY is used
You praise the cogency of an argument, a case or a piece of reasoning.
- The cogency of her reasoning won over the committee.
- Critics admitted the cogency of his argument.
- The report lacks cogency in its final section.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COGENCY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COGENCY
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Common questions about COGENCY
- Is COGENCY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COGENCY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COGENCY worth?
- COGENCY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COGENCY mean?
- The quality of being clear, logical and convincing, so that an argument is hard to dismiss.
- What letters can be added to COGENCY?
- No single letter can be added to COGENCY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COGENCY:
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