COTTONWOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COTTONWOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COTTONWOOD?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COTTONWOOD is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COTTONWOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cottonwoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COTTONWOOD scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COTTONWOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 4 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COTTONWOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COTTONWOOD
- The letter O appears four times in COTTONWOOD.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COTTONWOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A North American poplar tree whose seeds are wrapped in white, cottony hairs.
In late spring a cottonwood fills the air with drifting white fluff that settles like snow on the ground and on windowsills. The tree favours riverbanks and open plains, which is why it features so often in writing about the American West.
How COTTONWOOD is used
Cottonwood is the everyday name for these poplars in the United States and Canada, in speech and in nature writing alike.
- A single cottonwood shaded the old ranch house.
- The creek was lined with tall cottonwood trees.
- Cottonwood fluff drifted across the road all afternoon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COTTONWOOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COTTONWOOD
1 longer words begin with COTTONWOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in COTTONWOOD
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Common questions about COTTONWOOD
- Is COTTONWOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COTTONWOOD, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COTTONWOOD worth?
- COTTONWOOD is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COTTONWOOD mean?
- A North American poplar tree whose seeds are wrapped in white, cottony hairs.
- What letters can be added to COTTONWOOD?
- COTTONWOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COTTONWOOD:
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