COVE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COVE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COVE?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COVE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COVE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COVE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COVE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does COVE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small sheltered bay.
A separate cove is British slang for a man, and that one came from Romani. The architectural cove, a curved join between wall and ceiling, is a third word again, from Latin.
How COVE is used
Countable: a cove, two coves.
- A cove that size holds two boats and no more.
- The word cove in slang means a man and came from Romani.
- An architectural cove curves where wall meets ceiling.
- Three separate words are spelled cove.
- Two coves on the same headland and one path between.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COVE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COVE
The 4 tiles of COVE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COVE
Showing 24 of 80 words that begin with COVE.
Words ending in COVE
2 words end in COVE. Useful as a back hook: play COVE onto a word already on the board.
Words with COVE inside
Showing 24 of 92 words that contain COVE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COVE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COVE
Common questions about COVE
- Is COVE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COVE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COVE worth?
- COVE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COVE mean?
- A small sheltered bay.
- What letters can be added to COVE?
- COVE takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COVE:
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