COY is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COY?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful COY is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COY scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in COY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does COY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Pretending to be shy, especially to attract interest.
Coy is not the same as shy, and the difference is intention: one cannot be helped and the other has been chosen. The word goes back to the same root as quiet, and the sense of deliberate reserve was in English by the sixteenth century.
How COY is used
Before and after the noun. Common in coy about something.
- She was coy about the price and everybody noticed.
- A coy answer is worse than no answer at all.
- He is coy about his age for no obvious reason.
- The company was coy on the numbers and specific on the plans.
- Coy and shy are not interchangeable.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COY
Showing 24 of 28 words that begin with COY.
Words ending in COY
7 words end in COY. Useful as a back hook: play COY onto a word already on the board.
Words with COY inside
23 words contain COY in the middle. Words that start with COY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COY
Common questions about COY
- Is COY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COY, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COY worth?
- COY is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COY mean?
- Pretending to be shy, especially to attract interest.
- What letters can be added to COY?
- COY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of COY:
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