COUVADE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COUVADE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COUVADE?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COUVADE is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COUVADE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
couvadesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COUVADE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COUVADE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What does COUVADE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A custom in some cultures in which a father takes to his bed and observes rituals while his child is being born.
Anthropologists use couvade for a ritual of imitation, as if the father shared the birth. It also appears in modern discussions of sympathetic symptoms in expectant fathers.
How COUVADE is used
The term couvade is mainly used in anthropology and cultural studies.
- The book describes a couvade practised in several remote villages.
- In the couvade the husband rests while the mother gives birth.
- Early travellers wrote with surprise about the couvade they observed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COUVADE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COUVADE
1 longer words begin with COUVADE.
Shorter words from the letters in COUVADE
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Common questions about COUVADE
- Is COUVADE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COUVADE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COUVADE worth?
- COUVADE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COUVADE mean?
- A custom in some cultures in which a father takes to his bed and observes rituals while his child is being born.
- What letters can be added to COUVADE?
- COUVADE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COUVADE:
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