COSMONAUT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COSMONAUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COSMONAUT?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COSMONAUT is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COSMONAUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cosmonautsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COSMONAUT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COSMONAUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COSMONAUT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COSMONAUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person trained to travel in space for the Russian or former Soviet space programme.
The word cosmonaut is the Russian-programme counterpart of astronaut, and the choice of term traditionally followed the country of the space agency. Yuri Gagarin was the first cosmonaut to orbit the Earth. A cosmonaut today may share a station with colleagues from many nations.
How COSMONAUT is used
Cosmonaut is used for travellers sent up by Russia or the old Soviet Union.
- The cosmonaut waved before boarding the rocket.
- A cosmonaut spent nearly a year aboard the station.
- Every cosmonaut in the programme trains for years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COSMONAUT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COSMONAUT
2 longer words begin with COSMONAUT.
Shorter words from the letters in COSMONAUT
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Common questions about COSMONAUT
- Is COSMONAUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COSMONAUT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COSMONAUT worth?
- COSMONAUT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COSMONAUT mean?
- A person trained to travel in space for the Russian or former Soviet space programme.
- What letters can be added to COSMONAUT?
- COSMONAUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COSMONAUT:
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