CORSE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. CORSE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CORSE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CORSE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CORSE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CORSE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in CORSE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 16,338.
What stands out about CORSE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does CORSE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaicliterarypoetic
A dead body; a corpse, used chiefly in older or poetic English.
Poets such as Spenser and Shakespeare used corse where a modern writer would simply write corpse, often to give a line a more solemn or elevated tone. The word comes from the same French and Latin roots as corpse, and the two forms existed side by side in English for centuries before corse fell out of everyday use. Today corse survives mainly in older poetry, ballads, and writing that deliberately imitates an earlier style of English.
How CORSE is used
Archaic and poetic; encountered almost entirely in older literature rather than modern writing or speech.
- The knight's corse was carried home for burial.
- The ballad describes mourners weeping over the cold corse.
- A pale corse lay beneath the ancient yew tree.
- The poem imagines the corse of a fallen soldier.
- Old translations sometimes use corse where modern ones say corpse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CORSE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of CORSE
The 5 tiles of CORSE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with CORSE
17 longer words begin with CORSE.
Words ending in CORSE
1 words end in CORSE. Useful as a back hook: play CORSE onto a word already on the board.
Words with CORSE inside
5 words contain CORSE in the middle. Words that start with CORSE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in CORSE
Common questions about CORSE
- Is CORSE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CORSE, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CORSE worth?
- CORSE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CORSE mean?
- A dead body; a corpse, used chiefly in older or poetic English.
- What letters can be added to CORSE?
- CORSE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of CORSE:
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