COS is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. COS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COS is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COS
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in COS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does COS mean in Scrabble?
noun
A variety of lettuce with long crisp leaves.
Cos lettuce is named after the Greek island of Kos, where it was grown, and Americans call the same plant romaine after Rome instead. Two quite separate words share the spelling: the shortening of cosine, and a British spoken form of because.
How COS is used
Countable and uncountable. Also written cos lettuce.
- A cos lettuce holds its shape better than the round sort.
- The word cos comes from a Greek island.
- Two heads of cos and a bag of tomatoes.
- In writing, cos for because marks the speech as casual.
- The cos of an angle is a different word entirely.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COS
The 3 tiles of COS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COS
Showing 24 of 261 words that begin with COS.
Words ending in COS
Showing 24 of 102 words that end in COS. Useful as a back hook: play COS onto a word already on the board.
Words with COS inside
Showing 24 of 251 words that contain COS somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COS
Common questions about COS
- Is COS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COS, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COS worth?
- COS is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COS mean?
- A variety of lettuce with long crisp leaves.
- What letters can be added to COS?
- COS takes 6 hooks: 1 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of COS:
Open COS in the Word Finder