COWPOX is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. COWPOX is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COWPOX?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWPOX is to know. It scores 20 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWPOX
No single letter turns COWPOX into another word.
How COWPOX scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COWPOX, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,322 thousand.
What does COWPOX mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A mild viral disease of cattle that can pass to people and was once used to give protection against smallpox.
Cowpox has a place in medical history because the milkmaids who caught it seemed to resist the deadlier smallpox. That observation led to the first vaccine.
How COWPOX is used
Cowpox is used in medicine and in accounts of early vaccination.
- The dairymaid caught cowpox from the herd.
- Jenner tested the idea using material from cowpox sores.
- Cowpox rarely troubles people today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWPOX and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COWPOX
1 longer words begin with COWPOX.
Shorter words from the letters in COWPOX
Common questions about COWPOX
- Is COWPOX valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWPOX, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COWPOX worth?
- COWPOX is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWPOX mean?
- A mild viral disease of cattle that can pass to people and was once used to give protection against smallpox.
- What letters can be added to COWPOX?
- No single letter can be added to COWPOX to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COWPOX:
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