Is COWBOY valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWBOY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is COWBOY worth?

COWBOY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to COWBOY?

COWBOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

COWBOY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points

Yes. COWBOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.

c3o1w4b3o1y4

PlayableCOWBOY · 6 letters · 16 pts Scrabble · 17 pts WWF

16points in Scrabble

17points in Words with Friends

6letters

1hook available

1 in 2,661 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept COWBOY?

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

36WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.67

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

Our own measure of how useful COWBOY is to know. It scores 16 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for COWBOY

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

cowboys17

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How COWBOY scores

Scrabble c3o1w4b3o1y4 16

Words with Friends c4o1w4b4o1y3 17

Face value of the 6 tiles in COWBOY, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
c	1	2
o	2	8
w	1	2
b	1	2
y	1	2

Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,661 thousand.

Words starting with COWBOY

cowboys17 cowboyed19 cowboying20 cowboyings21

4 longer words begin with COWBOY.

Shorter words from the letters in COWBOY

cowy12 boyo9 yow9 bow8 boy8 cow8 coy8 yob8 cob7 woo6 boo5 coo5 obo5 by7 ow5 oy5 wo5 yo5 bo4 ob4 oo2

Common questions about COWBOY

Is COWBOY valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWBOY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is COWBOY worth?: COWBOY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to COWBOY?: COWBOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COWBOY:

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