COTTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COTTAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COTTAGE?
| 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: 61 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COTTAGE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COTTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COTTAGE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COTTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 205,859.
What does COTTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small, simple house, usually in the countryside or a village.
A cottage suggests coziness and a modest size, whether it is a thatched home in the country or a holiday retreat by the sea. Historically the word described the small house of a farm labourer.
How COTTAGE is used
Cottage is used in British and American English alike for small rural homes and holiday lets.
- They rented a cottage by the lake for the summer.
- Roses covered the front wall of the thatched cottage.
- The old cottage had only two rooms and a small garden.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COTTAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COTTAGE
5 longer words begin with COTTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in COTTAGE
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Common questions about COTTAGE
- Is COTTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COTTAGE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COTTAGE worth?
- COTTAGE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COTTAGE mean?
- A small, simple house, usually in the countryside or a village.
- What letters can be added to COTTAGE?
- COTTAGE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COTTAGE:
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