CORNEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CORNEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORNEOUS?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORNEOUS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORNEOUS
No single letter turns CORNEOUS into another word.
How CORNEOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CORNEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CORNEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about CORNEOUS
- CORNEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CORNEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Made of horn or having the texture of horn.
Biologists call a hard, horny covering corneous, as on a beak or a claw. The word is a scientific alternative to horny and is not used in casual speech.
How CORNEOUS is used
Used in zoology and anatomy descriptions.
- The bird has a corneous beak for cracking seeds.
- A corneous layer covered the outer skin.
- The tool had a corneous handle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORNEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in CORNEOUS
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Common questions about CORNEOUS
- Is CORNEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORNEOUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORNEOUS worth?
- CORNEOUS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORNEOUS mean?
- Made of horn or having the texture of horn.
- What letters can be added to CORNEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to CORNEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CORNEOUS:
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