COWPUNCHER is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. COWPUNCHER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COWPUNCHER?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWPUNCHER is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWPUNCHER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cowpunchersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COWPUNCHER scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COWPUNCHER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COWPUNCHER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COWPUNCHER mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A hired worker who looks after cattle on horseback, especially on a ranch in the American West.
Cowpuncher is an old-fashioned word for a cowboy, from the time when ranch hands prodded cattle onto railway cars. Westerns and frontier tales still use cowpuncher for the tough men who drove herds across open range.
How COWPUNCHER is used
Cowpuncher is informal and has a flavour of the Old West, so it is rare in modern business writing.
- The old cowpuncher rode out at dawn to check the herd.
- Every cowpuncher on the ranch knew how to rope a calf.
- He worked as a cowpuncher in Wyoming before moving to town.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWPUNCHER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COWPUNCHER
1 longer words begin with COWPUNCHER.
Shorter words from the letters in COWPUNCHER
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Common questions about COWPUNCHER
- Is COWPUNCHER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWPUNCHER, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COWPUNCHER worth?
- COWPUNCHER is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWPUNCHER mean?
- A hired worker who looks after cattle on horseback, especially on a ranch in the American West.
- What letters can be added to COWPUNCHER?
- COWPUNCHER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COWPUNCHER:
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