COOMY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. COOMY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 12 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept COOMY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COOMY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COOMY
No single letter turns COOMY into another word.
How COOMY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COOMY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 336,105.
What does COOMY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scotsdialect
A dialect adjective meaning covered or full of coom, that is, coal dust, soot, or grime.
Coomy describes surfaces or objects blackened by coom, the fine dust and grime left behind by coal, soot, or grease. The word belongs to northern English and Scots dialect and was common wherever coal was burned or handled daily, such as in mining villages and old kitchens with open fires. A coomy apron, a coomy hearth, or coomy hands all point to the same idea of being dirtied by soot rather than ordinary dirt. Outside dialect speech and older regional writing, coomy is now rarely used.
How COOMY is used
Northern English and Scots dialect; found mainly in older regional speech and writing about coal or soot.
- His coomy hands showed he had been raking out the grate.
- The coomy walls of the old forge needed a good scrub.
- She hung the coomy apron by the back door.
- The miner came home with a coomy face after his shift.
- A coomy smell still clung to the abandoned engine shed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COOMY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COOMY
Common questions about COOMY
- Is COOMY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and COOMY is not in it.
- How many points is COOMY worth?
- COOMY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COOMY mean?
- A dialect adjective meaning covered or full of coom, that is, coal dust, soot, or grime.
- What letters can be added to COOMY?
- No single letter can be added to COOMY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COOMY:
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