COPOUT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COPOUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COPOUT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COPOUT is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COPOUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
copoutsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COPOUT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COPOUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 443,472.
What does COPOUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
An act of avoiding a duty, a commitment or a hard decision.
Calling something a copout is a criticism: it suggests that someone took the easy way out instead of facing the problem. The word grew out of the phrase to cop out, which was popular in American speech from the middle of the twentieth century. A film ending that dodges its own conflict, or an answer that avoids the question, are typical targets.
How COPOUT is used
Informal and often critical; written both as copout and as cop-out.
- Saying it was fate was a copout.
- The reviewer called the ending a total copout.
- Refusing to vote is a copout, not a principled stand.
- He knew his excuse was a copout the moment he said it.
- It would be a copout to blame the weather again.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COPOUT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COPOUT
1 longer words begin with COPOUT.
Shorter words from the letters in COPOUT
Common questions about COPOUT
- Is COPOUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COPOUT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COPOUT worth?
- COPOUT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COPOUT mean?
- An act of avoiding a duty, a commitment or a hard decision.
- What letters can be added to COPOUT?
- COPOUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COPOUT:
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