CORKY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. CORKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORKY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORKY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORKY
No single letter turns CORKY into another word.
How CORKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CORKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does CORKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Tasting or smelling unpleasantly of a spoiled cork, said of wine; more generally, resembling cork in texture.
Wine is called corky when a faulty cork has tainted it with a musty, cardboard-like smell and flavour, usually caused by a chemical called TCA. Tasters use the word as a quick verdict for sending a bottle back in a restaurant. Away from wine, corky can also describe anything light, dry and springy like the bark of a cork tree, though this sense is less common today. The wine-related meaning is by far the one most people recognise.
How CORKY is used
Most common in wine tasting; the broader sense meaning cork-like is rarer.
- The waiter agreed the wine was corky and brought a new bottle.
- A corky smell hit her as soon as the cork came out.
- He sent the corky Merlot back to the kitchen.
- The bark felt corky and light in her hand.
- Sommeliers train for years to catch a faint corky taint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CORKY
The 5 tiles of CORKY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in CORKY
Common questions about CORKY
- Is CORKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORKY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORKY worth?
- CORKY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORKY mean?
- Tasting or smelling unpleasantly of a spoiled cork, said of wine; more generally, resembling cork in texture.
- What letters can be added to CORKY?
- No single letter can be added to CORKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CORKY:
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