COTAN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. COTAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COTAN?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COTAN is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COTAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cotansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COTAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COTAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about COTAN
- 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 COTAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A standard abbreviation for the cotangent, the trigonometric function equal to the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle.
Mathematicians and engineers write cotan instead of the full word cotangent to save space in formulas and calculations, much as sin and cos abbreviate sine and cosine. The cotan of an angle can also be found by dividing the cosine of that angle by its sine, linking it directly to the other basic trigonometric functions. Some calculators and textbooks use the alternative abbreviation cot for exactly the same function.
How COTAN is used
A technical abbreviation used mainly in mathematics, engineering, and physics rather than in general writing.
- The formula required taking the cotan of the given angle.
- She looked up the cotan of thirty degrees in the table.
- The calculator displayed an error when asked for the cotan of zero.
- Engineers used the cotan function to solve for the unknown slope.
- The textbook lists cotan alongside the other five trigonometric functions.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COTAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COTAN
The 5 tiles of COTAN in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with COTAN
4 longer words begin with COTAN.
Shorter words from the letters in COTAN
Common questions about COTAN
- Is COTAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COTAN, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COTAN worth?
- COTAN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COTAN mean?
- A standard abbreviation for the cotangent, the trigonometric function equal to the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle.
- What letters can be added to COTAN?
- COTAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COTAN:
Open COTAN in the Word Finder