COYAU is a valid Scrabble word, but not in Words with Friends — 10 points
Yes for Scrabble. COYAU is in Collins and in the North American lists, so it stands in any Scrabble game. Words with Friends keeps a separate list and does not accept it.
Which word lists accept COYAU?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COYAU is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COYAU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coyausChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COYAU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COYAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does COYAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A short curved piece of timber fixed near the foot of a rafter to flare the lower slope of a roof.
A coyau comes from French roof carpentry and is the piece that kicks a steep roof outward just above the eaves, giving a mansard-style roof its familiar curved profile. Without a coyau the rafters would run in one straight line down to the wall.
How COYAU is used
A specialist term of carpentry and architecture, met mainly in descriptions of steep or mansard roofs.
- The carpenter added a coyau to each rafter so the eaves would kick outward.
- A steep mansard roof often relies on a coyau to soften the line at the wall.
- Without a coyau the roof edge would run straight down with no flare.
- French pattern books show the coyau as a small wedge nailed near the foot of the rafter.
- The coyau gives the tiled roof its outward curve at the eaves.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COYAU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COYAU
1 longer words begin with COYAU.
Shorter words from the letters in COYAU
Common questions about COYAU
- Is COYAU valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and COYAU is not in it.
- How many points is COYAU worth?
- COYAU is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COYAU mean?
- A short curved piece of timber fixed near the foot of a rafter to flare the lower slope of a roof.
- What letters can be added to COYAU?
- COYAU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COYAU:
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