COOZE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 16 points
It depends on the list you play by. COOZE 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 16 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept COOZE?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COOZE is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COOZE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coozesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COOZE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COOZE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| z | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,035.
What does COOZE mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensiveNorth American
A coarse American term for the female genitals, also used as an insult for a woman.
Cooze is American and recorded from the middle of the twentieth century, with no settled origin. It has never had a neutral use of any kind, and where the British equivalents drifted towards general abuse this one stayed aimed at women — which is why cooze is treated as harsher than its rarity would suggest.
How COOZE is used
Offensive in every register, and directed at women. Described here, not recommended.
- Editors cut cooze from the reprint without discussion.
- The word cooze is treated as unairable in every part of the day.
- A glossary of the period lists cooze with no citation before 1950.
- Critics singled out cooze as the line that ended the argument.
- Style guides place cooze among words to be quoted only in reporting.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COOZE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COOZE
1 longer words begin with COOZE.
Shorter words from the letters in COOZE
Common questions about COOZE
- Is COOZE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and COOZE is not in it.
- How many points is COOZE worth?
- COOZE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COOZE mean?
- A coarse American term for the female genitals, also used as an insult for a woman.
- What letters can be added to COOZE?
- COOZE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COOZE:
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