COTHURN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COTHURN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COTHURN?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COTHURN is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COTHURN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COTHURN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COTHURN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does COTHURN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A thick-soled boot worn by actors in ancient Greek tragedy, also used figuratively for a grand tragic style.
The raised sole of the cothurn made actors look taller and more heroic on stage, and the boot became a symbol of serious drama. Comedy, by contrast, was linked to the low sock.
How COTHURN is used
Used in classical studies; the plural is cothurni and the related form is cothurnus.
- The tragic actor strode forward in his cothurn.
- Critics accused the poet of writing in too high a cothurn.
- Museum cases hold a replica of a Greek cothurn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COTHURN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COTHURN
4 longer words begin with COTHURN.
Shorter words from the letters in COTHURN
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Common questions about COTHURN
- Is COTHURN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COTHURN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COTHURN worth?
- COTHURN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COTHURN mean?
- A thick-soled boot worn by actors in ancient Greek tragedy, also used figuratively for a grand tragic style.
- What letters can be added to COTHURN?
- COTHURN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COTHURN:
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