CORK is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CORK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORK?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORK is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CORK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in CORK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does CORK mean in Scrabble?
noun
The bark of a Mediterranean oak used for stoppers.
Cork is harvested by stripping the bark, which the tree regrows over about nine years, so one tree is used for two centuries. A corked wine is spoiled by a compound in the stopper and not by fragments of it.
How CORK is used
Countable and uncountable. Also a verb.
- A cork tree is stripped every nine years and lives for two centuries.
- The word cork names the bark and the stopper alike.
- A corked wine is spoiled by a compound and not by crumbs.
- They corked the bottle badly and lost half of it.
- Two corks from the same tree and the same decade.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CORK
The 4 tiles of CORK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with CORK
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with CORK.
Words ending in CORK
2 words end in CORK. Useful as a back hook: play CORK onto a word already on the board.
Words with CORK inside
6 words contain CORK in the middle. Words that start with CORK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CORK
Common questions about CORK
- Is CORK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORK, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORK worth?
- CORK is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORK mean?
- The bark of a Mediterranean oak used for stoppers.
- What letters can be added to CORK?
- CORK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of CORK:
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