COUNTRYMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. COUNTRYMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUNTRYMAN?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COUNTRYMAN is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUNTRYMAN
No single letter turns COUNTRYMAN into another word.
How COUNTRYMAN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COUNTRYMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COUNTRYMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COUNTRYMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A man from the same country as another person, or a man who lives in the countryside.
Countryman is most often heard as fellow countryman, meaning a compatriot met abroad. The older sense contrasts a rural dweller with a townsman. Today the compatriot meaning is the more common one.
How COUNTRYMAN is used
Countryman usually appears with a possessive, as in his countryman, or in the phrase fellow countryman.
- Far from home, he was glad to meet a countryman.
- The poet praised his countryman for his courage.
- An old countryman showed us the path across the fields.
- She cheered every fellow countryman who crossed the finish line.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUNTRYMAN and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COUNTRYMAN
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Common questions about COUNTRYMAN
- Is COUNTRYMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUNTRYMAN, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUNTRYMAN worth?
- COUNTRYMAN is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUNTRYMAN mean?
- A man from the same country as another person, or a man who lives in the countryside.
- What letters can be added to COUNTRYMAN?
- No single letter can be added to COUNTRYMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COUNTRYMAN:
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