COUNTERPOISE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COUNTERPOISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUNTERPOISE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COUNTERPOISE is to know. It scores 16 from 12 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUNTERPOISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUNTERPOISE scores
Face value of the 12 tiles in COUNTERPOISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUNTERPOISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COUNTERPOISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A weight or force that balances another and keeps things in equilibrium.
A counterpoise can be a literal weight, like the one on a drawbridge, or a political force that checks another. The word also works as a verb, but as a noun a counterpoise is the thing that restores balance.
How COUNTERPOISE is used
Counterpoise appears in engineering, political analysis and older literary writing.
- The heavy stone served as a counterpoise for the gate.
- The senate acted as a counterpoise to the king's power.
- Humour was the counterpoise to his grim manner.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUNTERPOISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COUNTERPOISE
2 longer words begin with COUNTERPOISE.
Shorter words from the letters in COUNTERPOISE
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Common questions about COUNTERPOISE
- Is COUNTERPOISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUNTERPOISE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUNTERPOISE worth?
- COUNTERPOISE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUNTERPOISE mean?
- A weight or force that balances another and keeps things in equilibrium.
- What letters can be added to COUNTERPOISE?
- COUNTERPOISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 12 letters of COUNTERPOISE:
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