CORESPONDENT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. CORESPONDENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORESPONDENT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORESPONDENT is to know. It scores 17 from 12 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORESPONDENT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
corespondentsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CORESPONDENT scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in CORESPONDENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORESPONDENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CORESPONDENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
legal
A person named in a divorce case as having committed adultery with one of the spouses.
The corespondent was once an important figure in divorce law, since fault had to be proved against someone. The term is written without a hyphen and should not be confused with a correspondent who writes letters or reports news.
How CORESPONDENT is used
Corespondent belongs to legal and historical writing about divorce proceedings.
- The husband named a corespondent in his petition.
- The newspaper printed the name of the corespondent in the scandal.
- In the old divorce courts the corespondent could be made to pay costs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORESPONDENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CORESPONDENT
1 longer words begin with CORESPONDENT.
Shorter words from the letters in CORESPONDENT
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Common questions about CORESPONDENT
- Is CORESPONDENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORESPONDENT, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORESPONDENT worth?
- CORESPONDENT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORESPONDENT mean?
- A person named in a divorce case as having committed adultery with one of the spouses.
- What letters can be added to CORESPONDENT?
- CORESPONDENT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of CORESPONDENT:
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