COSEC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COSEC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COSEC?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COSEC is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COSEC
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COSEC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COSEC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 196,061.
What stands out about COSEC
- COSEC 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 COSEC mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The cosecant, a trigonometric function equal to the reciprocal of the sine of an angle.
In a right-angled triangle, the cosec of an angle is found by dividing the length of the hypotenuse by the length of the side opposite that angle. Cosec is simply a shortened way of writing cosecant, and it appears in trigonometry alongside similar abbreviations such as sec for secant and cot for cotangent. Calculators and textbooks commonly use cosec to save space in formulas and tables.
How COSEC is used
Written cosec in British usage, often followed by the angle in brackets, as in cosec(30 degrees).
- The student calculated the cosec of the angle using a table.
- Cosec is undefined whenever the sine of the angle equals zero.
- The formula required taking the cosec of each measured angle.
- Her calculator had a dedicated cosec function.
- The textbook introduced cosec right after covering sine and cosine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COSEC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COSEC
The 5 tiles of COSEC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COSEC
5 longer words begin with COSEC.
Words with COSEC inside
2 words contain COSEC in the middle. Words that start with COSEC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COSEC
Common questions about COSEC
- Is COSEC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COSEC, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COSEC worth?
- COSEC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COSEC mean?
- The cosecant, a trigonometric function equal to the reciprocal of the sine of an angle.
- What letters can be added to COSEC?
- COSEC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COSEC:
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