COTTAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COTTAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COTTAR?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COTTAR is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COTTAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cottarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COTTAR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COTTAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 91,979.
What does COTTAR mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotshistorical
A tenant farmer, chiefly in Scotland and Ireland, who occupied a cottage and small plot in return for labour on the landowner's farm.
A cottar sat near the bottom of the old rural social order, paying no rent in money but instead working the laird's land for an agreed number of days each year. The arrangement gave a cottar a roof and a garden patch but little security, since the cottage went with the job and could be lost along with it. The system largely disappeared with agricultural reform in the nineteenth century, though the word survives in histories of rural Scotland and Ireland.
How COTTAR is used
A historical term for rural Scotland and Ireland; distinct from the mechanical fastener spelled cotter.
- The cottar paid his rent in days of labour rather than coin.
- Records list every cottar living on the estate that year.
- A cottar's cottage stood at the edge of the home farm.
- Reformers argued the cottar system trapped families in dependence.
- Her grandfather had been a cottar before he emigrated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COTTAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COTTAR
1 longer words begin with COTTAR.
Shorter words from the letters in COTTAR
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Common questions about COTTAR
- Is COTTAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COTTAR, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COTTAR worth?
- COTTAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COTTAR mean?
- A tenant farmer, chiefly in Scotland and Ireland, who occupied a cottage and small plot in return for labour on the landowner's farm.
- What letters can be added to COTTAR?
- COTTAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COTTAR:
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