COISTREL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COISTREL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COISTREL?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COISTREL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COISTREL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coistrelsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COISTREL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COISTREL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COISTREL has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COISTREL
- All 8 letters of COISTREL are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COISTREL mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An archaic word for a scoundrel or knave, a low and worthless fellow.
The coistrel belongs to old English insults and is met mostly in Shakespeare-era reading. Few people use it today outside deliberate period style.
How COISTREL is used
Found in historical or literary writing as a term of abuse, never in everyday speech.
- The old play called the thief a coistrel and chased him from the hall.
- No honest man would sit with such a coistrel at his table.
- The narrator spat the word coistrel at the cheating servant.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COISTREL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COISTREL
The 8 tiles of COISTREL in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with COISTREL
1 longer words begin with COISTREL.
Shorter words from the letters in COISTREL
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Common questions about COISTREL
- Is COISTREL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COISTREL, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COISTREL worth?
- COISTREL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COISTREL mean?
- An archaic word for a scoundrel or knave, a low and worthless fellow.
- What letters can be added to COISTREL?
- COISTREL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COISTREL:
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