COTTIER is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COTTIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COTTIER?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COTTIER is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COTTIER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cottiersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COTTIER scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COTTIER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,929.
What does COTTIER mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A peasant who rented a small cottage, often with a patch of land, especially in Ireland.
An Irish cottier paid a rent for the plot, sometimes by working for the landlord. The system left families vulnerable when crops failed. In medieval England a cottier was also a lower-ranking tenant on a manor.
How COTTIER is used
Cottier is a historical term from rural social history.
- Every cottier in the village depended on the potato crop.
- The landlord evicted a cottier who could not pay.
- A cottier usually held no more than an acre or two.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COTTIER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COTTIER
3 longer words begin with COTTIER.
Shorter words from the letters in COTTIER
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Common questions about COTTIER
- Is COTTIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COTTIER, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COTTIER worth?
- COTTIER is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COTTIER mean?
- A peasant who rented a small cottage, often with a patch of land, especially in Ireland.
- What letters can be added to COTTIER?
- COTTIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COTTIER:
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