COPTER is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COPTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COPTER?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COPTER is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COPTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coptersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COPTER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COPTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does COPTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A helicopter, in the short form used in speech and headlines.
Copter is a clipped form of helicopter that is handy in news headlines, radio chatter and toy names. It also turns up as the last part of words such as gyrocopter. The longer word is built from Greek roots for a spiral and a wing, and the short form keeps only the second part.
How COPTER is used
Informal shortening; the full word helicopter is preferred in careful writing.
- A news copter circled over the highway.
- The rescue copter landed on the hospital roof.
- He bought his nephew a toy copter with a remote.
- We heard the copter long before we saw it.
- The copter hovered above the crowd for an hour.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COPTER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COPTER
1 longer words begin with COPTER.
Shorter words from the letters in COPTER
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Common questions about COPTER
- Is COPTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COPTER, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COPTER worth?
- COPTER is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COPTER mean?
- A helicopter, in the short form used in speech and headlines.
- What letters can be added to COPTER?
- COPTER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COPTER:
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