CORNU is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CORNU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORNU?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORNU is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORNU
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CORNU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CORNU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 32,677.
What does CORNU mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A horn-shaped anatomical structure or projection, such as one of the curved parts of the hyoid bone or a section of gray matter in the spinal cord.
Anatomists borrowed cornu directly from Latin, where it simply means horn, to describe body parts that curve or taper the way an animal's horn does. The hyoid bone in the neck has projections called the greater and lesser cornu, and the spinal cord contains regions known as the dorsal and ventral cornu because of their curved, horn-like cross section. The same Latin root also underlies the English word cornea, the clear curved covering at the front of the eye.
How CORNU is used
A specialized anatomical term, used mainly in medical and scientific writing rather than everyday speech.
- The diagram labeled each cornu of the hyoid bone.
- Surgeons must take care near the delicate cornu of the bone.
- The textbook described the dorsal cornu of the spinal cord.
- Radiologists checked the cornu for any sign of fracture.
- Each cornu curves slightly differently from one person to another.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORNU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CORNU
13 longer words begin with CORNU.
Words with CORNU inside
1 words contain CORNU in the middle. Words that start with CORNU are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CORNU
Common questions about CORNU
- Is CORNU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORNU, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORNU worth?
- CORNU is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORNU mean?
- A horn-shaped anatomical structure or projection, such as one of the curved parts of the hyoid bone or a section of gray matter in the spinal cord.
- What letters can be added to CORNU?
- CORNU takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CORNU:
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