COURAGEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COURAGEOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COURAGEOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COURAGEOUS is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COURAGEOUS
No single letter turns COURAGEOUS into another word.
How COURAGEOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COURAGEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COURAGEOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COURAGEOUS
- COURAGEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COURAGEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Ready to face danger, pain or difficulty without giving way to fear.
Courageous suggests a steady, deliberate bravery rather than a sudden burst of daring. It is often used of people who stand up for something at personal cost, and it is a slightly weightier choice than the everyday word brave.
How COURAGEOUS is used
Courageous is used in ordinary and formal writing about people, decisions and acts that take real nerve.
- The courageous nurse stayed with her patients through the whole storm.
- It was a courageous decision to speak out against the powerful company.
- He gave a courageous answer, though his voice shook.
- Only a courageous crew would sail into that gale.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COURAGEOUS and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COURAGEOUS
3 longer words begin with COURAGEOUS.
Shorter words from the letters in COURAGEOUS
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Common questions about COURAGEOUS
- Is COURAGEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COURAGEOUS, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COURAGEOUS worth?
- COURAGEOUS is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COURAGEOUS mean?
- Ready to face danger, pain or difficulty without giving way to fear.
- What letters can be added to COURAGEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to COURAGEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COURAGEOUS:
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