COLD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. COLD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLD?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLD is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLD
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COLD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 15,317.
What does COLD mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a low temperature; lacking heat or warmth.
A cold object or place feels far below body temperature and can make a person shiver or seek extra clothing. Weather, food, and even a person's manner can all be described as cold when they lack warmth in a literal or figurative sense.
How COLD is used
Attributive and predicative adjective; comparative colder, superlative coldest.
- The wind felt cold against her face.
- He served the soup cold on a hot day.
- Winters here grow colder each December.
- The coldest night of the year arrived in January.
- She wrapped a blanket around her cold hands.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COLD
The 4 tiles of COLD in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COLD
20 longer words begin with COLD.
Words ending in COLD
7 words end in COLD. Useful as a back hook: play COLD onto a word already on the board.
Words with COLD inside
11 words contain COLD in the middle. Words that start with COLD are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COLD
Common questions about COLD
- Is COLD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLD, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLD worth?
- COLD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLD mean?
- Having a low temperature; lacking heat or warmth.
- What letters can be added to COLD?
- COLD takes 3 hooks: 2 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COLD:
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