KOUSSO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. KOUSSO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KOUSSO?
| 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 KOUSSO is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KOUSSO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
koussosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KOUSSO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in KOUSSO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,774 thousand.
What does KOUSSO mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
An Ethiopian tree of the rose family whose dried flowers were used as a remedy against intestinal worms.
The kousso is native to the highlands of Ethiopia and neighbouring regions of East Africa, where its flower clusters were gathered and dried. Taken as an infusion, they were a traditional treatment for tapeworm, and European medicine of the nineteenth century imported them for the same purpose. The word reached English through French, and the spelling cusso is a variant of it.
How KOUSSO is used
Rare outside botany and the history of medicine.
- The kousso grows on the cool plateaus of Ethiopia.
- Doctors once prescribed a tea of kousso flowers.
- A pressed branch of kousso lay in the herbarium drawer.
- The old pharmacy catalogue listed kousso beside other herbal drugs.
- He read that the kousso tree is related to the rose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KOUSSO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KOUSSO
1 longer words begin with KOUSSO.
Shorter words from the letters in KOUSSO
Common questions about KOUSSO
- Is KOUSSO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KOUSSO, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KOUSSO worth?
- KOUSSO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KOUSSO mean?
- An Ethiopian tree of the rose family whose dried flowers were used as a remedy against intestinal worms.
- What letters can be added to KOUSSO?
- KOUSSO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of KOUSSO:
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