COT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. COT 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 COT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COT is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in COT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,684.
What does COT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small bed with high sides for a baby.
Cot came into English from Hindi, where it named a light bedstead, and soldiers of the East India Company brought the word home with them. In American use it means a folding camp bed instead, which causes confusion in both directions.
How COT is used
Countable: a cot, two cots. The American sense differs.
- The cot has bars so the baby cannot climb out.
- A cot in American English is a folding camp bed.
- The word cot came into English from Hindi.
- Two cots and no room to walk between them.
- She slept in a cot until she was nearly three.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COT
The 3 tiles of COT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COT
Showing 24 of 158 words that begin with COT.
Words ending in COT
24 words end in COT. Useful as a back hook: play COT onto a word already on the board.
Words with COT inside
Showing 24 of 281 words that contain COT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COT
Common questions about COT
- Is COT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COT worth?
- COT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COT mean?
- A small bed with high sides for a baby.
- What letters can be added to COT?
- COT takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of COT:
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