COGGING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COGGING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COGGING?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COGGING is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COGGING
Front hooks — 1
scoggingBack hooks — 1
coggingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COGGING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COGGING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 3 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,527 thousand.
What does COGGING mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A notched joint that joins two wooden beams, or the set of teeth on a cogwheel.
Carpenters cut a cogging so that one beam sits into the other and cannot slide sideways. Mechanics use the same word for the teeth of a gear, and an older verb sense means to cheat at dice.
How COGGING is used
Used in timber framing and in mechanics.
- The roof beams were held together with a neat cogging.
- Worn cogging on the wheel made the machine jerk.
- Old mills show fine examples of oak cogging.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COGGING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COGGING
1 longer words begin with COGGING.
Shorter words from the letters in COGGING
Common questions about COGGING
- Is COGGING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COGGING, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COGGING worth?
- COGGING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COGGING mean?
- A notched joint that joins two wooden beams, or the set of teeth on a cogwheel.
- What letters can be added to COGGING?
- COGGING takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COGGING:
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