COWBIRD is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COWBIRD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COWBIRD?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWBIRD is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWBIRD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cowbirdsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COWBIRD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COWBIRD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does COWBIRD mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small North American blackbird that often feeds near cattle and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
A cowbird raises none of its own young: the female leaves her eggs for other species to hatch and feed. Its name comes from its habit of following grazing cattle to catch the insects they stir up.
How COWBIRD is used
The word cowbird is used in birdwatching and in discussions of nest parasitism.
- A cowbird perched on the back of the grazing cow.
- The warbler fed a cowbird chick as if it were her own.
- Wildlife officers trap cowbird flocks to protect rare songbirds.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWBIRD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COWBIRD
1 longer words begin with COWBIRD.
Shorter words from the letters in COWBIRD
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Common questions about COWBIRD
- Is COWBIRD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWBIRD, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COWBIRD worth?
- COWBIRD is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWBIRD mean?
- A small North American blackbird that often feeds near cattle and lays its eggs in other birds' nests.
- What letters can be added to COWBIRD?
- COWBIRD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COWBIRD:
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