KOS is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. KOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KOS?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KOS is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KOS
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kossChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KOS scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in KOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does KOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A unit of distance in South Asia, roughly two miles.
The kos was never fixed: it stood for how far a shout carried, or how far an ox walked before resting, so it stretched and shrank with the ground it crossed. Mughal emperors put up stone pillars to mark it along the main roads and a good many still stand — which is how something that was never exact left permanent evidence.
How KOS is used
Countable: a kos, two kos. Also written coss and kosh in older writing.
- The village is three kos from the river.
- A kos over flat ground and a kos uphill were never the same.
- Stone pillars mark every kos along the old road.
- He walked four kos before the sun was properly up.
- The distance is given in kos and nobody converts it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KOS
9 longer words begin with KOS.
Words ending in KOS
Showing 24 of 54 words that end in KOS. Useful as a back hook: play KOS onto a word already on the board.
Words with KOS inside
17 words contain KOS in the middle. Words that start with KOS are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in KOS
Common questions about KOS
- Is KOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KOS, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KOS worth?
- KOS is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KOS mean?
- A unit of distance in South Asia, roughly two miles.
- What letters can be added to KOS?
- KOS takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of KOS:
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