COGWHEEL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. COGWHEEL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COGWHEEL?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COGWHEEL is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COGWHEEL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cogwheelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COGWHEEL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COGWHEEL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COGWHEEL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COGWHEEL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A wheel with teeth around its rim that fits into another toothed part to pass on motion.
Clocks, bicycles and old machines are full of them, and the way the teeth lock together lets one turning part drive another at a different speed. People also use cogwheel figuratively for someone who is a small but necessary part of a large organisation.
How COGWHEEL is used
Literal in engineering and watchmaking; figurative for a minor part of a big system.
- A worn cogwheel caused the clock to lose time.
- The mechanic replaced the cogwheel in the gearbox.
- He felt like a small cogwheel in the giant company.
- Each cogwheel in the music box turned with a soft click.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COGWHEEL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COGWHEEL
1 longer words begin with COGWHEEL.
Shorter words from the letters in COGWHEEL
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Common questions about COGWHEEL
- Is COGWHEEL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COGWHEEL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COGWHEEL worth?
- COGWHEEL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COGWHEEL mean?
- A wheel with teeth around its rim that fits into another toothed part to pass on motion.
- What letters can be added to COGWHEEL?
- COGWHEEL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COGWHEEL:
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