CORDGRASS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. CORDGRASS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORDGRASS?
| 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: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORDGRASS is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORDGRASS
No single letter turns CORDGRASS into another word.
How CORDGRASS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CORDGRASS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORDGRASS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CORDGRASS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tough wiry grass of the genus Spartina that grows in salt marshes and coastal mud.
Cordgrass roots hold soft mud in place and slow the waves, so planting it helps protect shorelines. It tolerates salty water that would kill most other grasses.
How CORDGRASS is used
Used in ecology and coastal management for Spartina grasses.
- Cordgrass spread across the tidal flats.
- Volunteers planted cordgrass to stop the erosion.
- Birds nested among the tall cordgrass.
- The marsh was green with cordgrass in summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORDGRASS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CORDGRASS
1 longer words begin with CORDGRASS.
Shorter words from the letters in CORDGRASS
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Common questions about CORDGRASS
- Is CORDGRASS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORDGRASS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORDGRASS worth?
- CORDGRASS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORDGRASS mean?
- A tough wiry grass of the genus Spartina that grows in salt marshes and coastal mud.
- What letters can be added to CORDGRASS?
- No single letter can be added to CORDGRASS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CORDGRASS:
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