COWAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COWAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COWAGE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWAGE is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cowagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COWAGE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COWAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does COWAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical climbing plant whose seed pods are covered in stinging hairs that cause fierce itching.
The cowage plant, known to botanists as Mucuna pruriens, grows in warm regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Its bristly pods were once ground up and mixed with honey or syrup as a folk remedy for intestinal worms. The same word is more often spelled cowhage, and the name is thought to come from a Hindi term for the plant.
How COWAGE is used
A botanical and old medical term; the spelling cowhage is more common.
- The cowage vine twisted up the trunk of the tree.
- Touching a ripe cowage pod left his hand burning and itchy.
- Old pharmacy books mention cowage as a remedy for worms.
- A wild cowage grew thickly along the edge of the forest.
- The farmer grew cowage to enrich the soil.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWAGE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COWAGE
1 longer words begin with COWAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in COWAGE
Common questions about COWAGE
- Is COWAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWAGE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COWAGE worth?
- COWAGE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWAGE mean?
- A tropical climbing plant whose seed pods are covered in stinging hairs that cause fierce itching.
- What letters can be added to COWAGE?
- COWAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COWAGE:
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