COGNOSCENTI is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COGNOSCENTI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COGNOSCENTI?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COGNOSCENTI is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COGNOSCENTI
No single letter turns COGNOSCENTI into another word.
How COGNOSCENTI scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COGNOSCENTI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COGNOSCENTI has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COGNOSCENTI mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
People with special inside knowledge or refined taste in a field, considered as a group.
English uses cognoscenti far more often than the singular, usually to speak of the circle of experts who know a thing before the public does. It is borrowed from Italian and carries a hint of exclusiveness.
How COGNOSCENTI is used
Used with a plural verb, often in phrases such as among the cognoscenti.
- The restaurant was a secret known only to the cognoscenti.
- Among the cognoscenti the new album was already a classic.
- Film cognoscenti flocked to the small festival.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COGNOSCENTI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COGNOSCENTI
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Common questions about COGNOSCENTI
- Is COGNOSCENTI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COGNOSCENTI, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COGNOSCENTI worth?
- COGNOSCENTI is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COGNOSCENTI mean?
- People with special inside knowledge or refined taste in a field, considered as a group.
- What letters can be added to COGNOSCENTI?
- No single letter can be added to COGNOSCENTI to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COGNOSCENTI:
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