COO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. COO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COO?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COO is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 8 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in COO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,888.
What does COO mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make the soft low sound of a dove.
Coo is a word built out of the sound itself, and the phrase about billing and cooing came from watching pigeons rather than people. It also works as a mild exclamation of surprise in British speech, where it means something closer to well I never.
How COO is used
Verb and noun. Also an interjection in British use.
- The pigeons coo from six in the morning.
- A coo from the chimney and nothing visible.
- She cooed over the baby for a full ten minutes.
- The word coo imitates the sound directly.
- Cooing at a dog does not make it obey.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COO
Showing 24 of 205 words that begin with COO.
Words ending in COO
1 words end in COO. Useful as a back hook: play COO onto a word already on the board.
Words with COO inside
Showing 24 of 166 words that contain COO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COO
Common questions about COO
- Is COO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COO worth?
- COO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COO mean?
- To make the soft low sound of a dove.
- What letters can be added to COO?
- COO takes 8 hooks: 0 in front and 8 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of COO:
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