WYLIECOAT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. WYLIECOAT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept WYLIECOAT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful WYLIECOAT is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for WYLIECOAT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
wyliecoatsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How WYLIECOAT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in WYLIECOAT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so WYLIECOAT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about WYLIECOAT
- All 9 letters of WYLIECOAT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does WYLIECOAT mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A warm woollen or flannel undergarment, such as a vest or petticoat, worn in Scotland and northern England.
The wyliecoat belongs to dialect and older household life, when warm underclothes mattered through cold winters. You are most likely to meet the word in Scottish literature and in books of regional vocabulary.
How WYLIECOAT is used
A Scots and northern English dialect word, now rare outside literature.
- Grandmother pulled a wyliecoat over her head before braving the snow.
- The old song mentions a flannel wyliecoat hanging by the fire.
- He found the word wyliecoat in a book of Scots poems.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of WYLIECOAT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with WYLIECOAT
1 longer words begin with WYLIECOAT.
Shorter words from the letters in WYLIECOAT
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Common questions about WYLIECOAT
- Is WYLIECOAT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts WYLIECOAT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is WYLIECOAT worth?
- WYLIECOAT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does WYLIECOAT mean?
- A warm woollen or flannel undergarment, such as a vest or petticoat, worn in Scotland and northern England.
- What letters can be added to WYLIECOAT?
- WYLIECOAT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of WYLIECOAT:
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