CORDWAINERY is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. CORDWAINERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORDWAINERY?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORDWAINERY is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORDWAINERY
No single letter turns CORDWAINERY into another word.
How CORDWAINERY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in CORDWAINERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORDWAINERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CORDWAINERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
The old trade of making shoes and boots from fine leather.
A cordwainer was originally a worker in Cordoban leather, and cordwainery named that craft and its workshop tradition. Today the term survives mostly in historical writing and in the names of old guilds.
How CORDWAINERY is used
Found in historical or deliberately old-fashioned writing about the shoemaking trade.
- His grandfather practised cordwainery in a narrow shop by the river.
- The museum has a display on medieval cordwainery and its tools.
- Few towns still teach cordwainery as a living craft.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORDWAINERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about CORDWAINERY
- Is CORDWAINERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORDWAINERY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORDWAINERY worth?
- CORDWAINERY is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORDWAINERY mean?
- The old trade of making shoes and boots from fine leather.
- What letters can be added to CORDWAINERY?
- No single letter can be added to CORDWAINERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of CORDWAINERY:
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