CORSAC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CORSAC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORSAC?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORSAC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORSAC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
corsacsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CORSAC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CORSAC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about CORSAC
- CORSAC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CORSAC mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small pale grey fox that lives on the steppes of central Asia.
The corsac is a slender, sandy or silvery fox of open grassland and semi-desert, known for its large ears and for sheltering in burrows dug by other animals. It hunts rodents and insects and can go long periods without water. The name comes from the Turkic word for the animal, and the spelling corsak is also seen.
How CORSAC is used
A natural-history word; seen in field guides and word games.
- The corsac slipped into a marmot burrow at dusk.
- A corsac has a paler, thicker coat in winter.
- Hunters on the steppe prized the fur of the corsac.
- The zoo keeps a pair of corsac in the central Asia house.
- We read that the corsac seldom drinks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORSAC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CORSAC
1 longer words begin with CORSAC.
Shorter words from the letters in CORSAC
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Common questions about CORSAC
- Is CORSAC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORSAC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORSAC worth?
- CORSAC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORSAC mean?
- A small pale grey fox that lives on the steppes of central Asia.
- What letters can be added to CORSAC?
- CORSAC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CORSAC:
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