COYOTE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. COYOTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COYOTE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COYOTE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COYOTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coyotesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COYOTE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COYOTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 147,824.
What does COYOTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A wild dog of North America, smaller than a wolf, with a grey-brown coat, pointed ears and a howling call.
The coyote ranges from Alaska to Central America and has spread into towns and cities, where it lives on rodents, rabbits and scraps. The name came into English through Spanish from a word in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs. In many Native American stories the coyote is a clever trickster, and in recent usage the word can also mean a person who smuggles migrants across a border.
How COYOTE is used
Standard in English; the second sense, a people smuggler, is informal.
- A coyote crossed the road just after dark.
- We heard a coyote howling far across the valley.
- The farmer put up a fence to keep the coyote from the hens.
- In the old tale the coyote tricks the bear out of his supper.
- A lone coyote trotted along the edge of the desert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COYOTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COYOTE
The 6 tiles of COYOTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COYOTE
1 longer words begin with COYOTE.
Shorter words from the letters in COYOTE
Common questions about COYOTE
- Is COYOTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COYOTE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COYOTE worth?
- COYOTE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COYOTE mean?
- A wild dog of North America, smaller than a wolf, with a grey-brown coat, pointed ears and a howling call.
- What letters can be added to COYOTE?
- COYOTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COYOTE:
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