COWRIE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. COWRIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COWRIE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COWRIE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COWRIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COWRIE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COWRIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does COWRIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sea snail with a smooth, glossy, brightly patterned shell, whose shell was once used as money and for ornament.
The cowrie lives in warm tropical seas, and its polished, oval shell with a long toothed slit made it a favourite of collectors. The small shells served as currency across Africa, India and the Pacific for centuries. Cowrie shells are still strung into jewellery and used in some traditions for divination.
How COWRIE is used
Also spelled cowry, which is the rarer form.
- She wore a necklace of white cowrie shells.
- A cowrie was once worth very little in trade.
- The diver found a spotted cowrie on the reef.
- The museum shows a cowrie used as money in West Africa.
- He picked up a cowrie from the sand and held it to the light.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COWRIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COWRIE
The 6 tiles of COWRIE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COWRIE
1 longer words begin with COWRIE.
Shorter words from the letters in COWRIE
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Common questions about COWRIE
- Is COWRIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COWRIE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COWRIE worth?
- COWRIE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COWRIE mean?
- A sea snail with a smooth, glossy, brightly patterned shell, whose shell was once used as money and for ornament.
- What letters can be added to COWRIE?
- COWRIE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COWRIE:
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