CORDELLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CORDELLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORDELLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORDELLE is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORDELLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CORDELLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CORDELLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORDELLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CORDELLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
nauticalhistorical
A long rope used to haul a boat along a river from the bank.
The cordelle was the working tool of boatmen who pulled keelboats upstream against the current. Crews walked the bank hauling on it. As a verb, to cordelle means to move a boat this way.
How CORDELLE is used
Historical, linked to river travel in North America.
- The crew pulled the keelboat upstream by the cordelle.
- A frayed cordelle snapped as the boat struck the current.
- They had to cordelle the barge past the rapids.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORDELLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CORDELLE
2 longer words begin with CORDELLE.
Shorter words from the letters in CORDELLE
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Common questions about CORDELLE
- Is CORDELLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORDELLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORDELLE worth?
- CORDELLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORDELLE mean?
- A long rope used to haul a boat along a river from the bank.
- What letters can be added to CORDELLE?
- CORDELLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CORDELLE:
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