CORIACEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CORIACEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORIACEOUS?
| 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 CORIACEOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORIACEOUS
Front hooks — 1
scoriaceousBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How CORIACEOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in CORIACEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORIACEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CORIACEOUS
- CORIACEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
- CORIACEOUS contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CORIACEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having a tough, stiff texture like leather.
Botanists call leaves coriaceous when they are thick and hard to tear, as on holly or laurel. The word is learned and technical, and it can also describe animal skin or other leatherlike material.
How CORIACEOUS is used
The word coriaceous is found in botany and natural history descriptions.
- The shrub has dark, coriaceous leaves that survive the dry summer.
- The fruit was covered in a coriaceous skin.
- The naturalist noted the coriaceous wings of the insect.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORIACEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CORIACEOUS
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Common questions about CORIACEOUS
- Is CORIACEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORIACEOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORIACEOUS worth?
- CORIACEOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORIACEOUS mean?
- Having a tough, stiff texture like leather.
- What letters can be added to CORIACEOUS?
- CORIACEOUS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of CORIACEOUS:
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