CUSHAT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. CUSHAT 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 CUSHAT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUSHAT is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUSHAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cushatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUSHAT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in CUSHAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 344,923.
What does CUSHAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotspoetic
A wood pigeon, the large grey European pigeon with white patches on its neck and wings.
Cushat is the Scots and northern English name for the wood pigeon, a bird whose soft, repeated cooing is familiar in woods and gardens. The word is chiefly literary now, and it appears in ballads and nature poems rather than in ordinary conversation. A cushat in a poem usually brings a feeling of quiet country calm.
How CUSHAT is used
Scots and poetic; seen in songs, ballads and regional place names.
- The cushat cooed from the top of the fir tree.
- In the ballad a cushat sings over the green glen.
- A cushat clattered out of the hedge as we passed.
- The old shepherd called the wood pigeon a cushat.
- Morning came with the low voice of a cushat in the trees.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUSHAT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUSHAT
1 longer words begin with CUSHAT.
Shorter words from the letters in CUSHAT
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Common questions about CUSHAT
- Is CUSHAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUSHAT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUSHAT worth?
- CUSHAT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUSHAT mean?
- A wood pigeon, the large grey European pigeon with white patches on its neck and wings.
- What letters can be added to CUSHAT?
- CUSHAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of CUSHAT:
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