COPE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COPE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COPE?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COPE is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COPE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COPE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COPE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does COPE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To deal effectively with something difficult.
Cope came from a French word about striking a blow, so it originally meant to meet in combat. A separate cope is a long ceremonial cloak and comes from Latin.
How COPE is used
Coped, copes. Usually with with.
- They coped for a fortnight and then asked for help.
- The word cope once meant to meet in combat.
- A cope is also a ceremonial cloak.
- Nobody coped well with the first week.
- Two copes hung in the vestry.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COPE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COPE
20 longer words begin with COPE.
Words ending in COPE
Showing 24 of 125 words that end in COPE. Useful as a back hook: play COPE onto a word already on the board.
Words with COPE inside
Showing 24 of 150 words that contain COPE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COPE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COPE
Common questions about COPE
- Is COPE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COPE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COPE worth?
- COPE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COPE mean?
- To deal effectively with something difficult.
- What letters can be added to COPE?
- COPE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COPE:
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