COIGN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COIGN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COIGN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COIGN is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COIGN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COIGN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COIGN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does COIGN mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryarchaic
A projecting corner or external angle of a wall or building, especially one offering a good vantage point.
Coign is an older spelling closely related to quoin, the cornerstone or projecting edge of a structure. The word survives today almost entirely in the phrase coign of vantage, popularized by Shakespeare's Macbeth, meaning a favorable position from which to observe something. Outside that fixed phrase, coign is rarely used in modern English.
How COIGN is used
Archaic, literary noun; almost always encountered in the set phrase coign of vantage.
- From their coign of vantage on the hill, they watched the battle unfold.
- The old tower offered a coign from which to survey the harbor.
- She found a quiet coign of vantage above the crowded square.
- The essay opens from an unusual coign of vantage, that of a child.
- Masons carved the coign of the ancient wall with great care.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COIGN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COIGN
The 5 tiles of COIGN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COIGN
5 longer words begin with COIGN.
Words with COIGN inside
2 words contain COIGN in the middle. Words that start with COIGN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COIGN
Common questions about COIGN
- Is COIGN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COIGN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COIGN worth?
- COIGN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COIGN mean?
- A projecting corner or external angle of a wall or building, especially one offering a good vantage point.
- What letters can be added to COIGN?
- COIGN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COIGN:
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