COUNTERCOUP is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. COUNTERCOUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUNTERCOUP?
| 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 COUNTERCOUP is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUNTERCOUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
countercoupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUNTERCOUP scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COUNTERCOUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUNTERCOUP has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COUNTERCOUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sudden seizure of power aimed at overthrowing a government that itself came to power by a coup.
Military regimes are often vulnerable to a countercoup staged by rival officers or by loyalists of the ousted leader. History records several cases where a countercoup followed within weeks of the first takeover.
How COUNTERCOUP is used
Used in political and historical writing about unstable governments.
- Rebel officers launched a countercoup within a month.
- The new junta feared a countercoup from the old guard.
- A failed countercoup led to dozens of arrests.
- Historians still debate who planned the countercoup of that year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUNTERCOUP and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COUNTERCOUP
1 longer words begin with COUNTERCOUP.
Shorter words from the letters in COUNTERCOUP
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Common questions about COUNTERCOUP
- Is COUNTERCOUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUNTERCOUP, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUNTERCOUP worth?
- COUNTERCOUP is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUNTERCOUP mean?
- A sudden seizure of power aimed at overthrowing a government that itself came to power by a coup.
- What letters can be added to COUNTERCOUP?
- COUNTERCOUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COUNTERCOUP:
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