COWHAND is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COWHAND 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.
Which word lists accept COWHAND?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWHAND is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWHAND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cowhandsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COWHAND scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COWHAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,158 thousand.
What does COWHAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A person employed to look after cattle on a ranch.
A cowhand rides out on horseback, mends fences and moves herds between pastures, which links the word to the working side of Western life. It is similar to cowboy, but sounds more like a job description and less like a legend.
How COWHAND is used
Cowhand appears in writing about ranch work and the American West.
- The ranch hired a cowhand for the spring roundup.
- Every cowhand on the spread was up before dawn.
- He worked as a cowhand in Wyoming before he moved east.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWHAND and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COWHAND
1 longer words begin with COWHAND.
Shorter words from the letters in COWHAND
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Common questions about COWHAND
- Is COWHAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWHAND, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COWHAND worth?
- COWHAND is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWHAND mean?
- A person employed to look after cattle on a ranch.
- What letters can be added to COWHAND?
- COWHAND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COWHAND:
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