Is COASTWISE a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, COASTWISE is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 14 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does COASTWISE mean?
- adjective
along or following a coast
“coastal shipping”
- adverb
by way of, or along the coast
“we were travelling coastwise”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
14
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
9
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + A (1) + S (1) + T (1) + W (4) + I (1) + S (1) + E (1) = 14 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for COASTWISE
COASTWISE has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from COASTWISE
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cowiest12
- scows10
- twice10
- ascites9
- cosiest9
- ectasis9
- scotias9
- sweats9
- tawses9
- towies9
- waists9
- wastes9
- wisest9
- caws9
- cows9
- scow9
- ascots8
- castes8
- cestas8
- cestoi8
- cestos8
- coasts8
- coatis8
- cosets8
- cosies8
- cosset8
- costae8
- escots8
- saices8
- scotia8
- stoics8
- owies8
- stews8
- stows8
- swats8
- sweat8
- swots8
- tawie8
- tawse8
- towie8
- twaes8
- waist8
- waits8
- waste8
- wasts8
- wests8
- wetas8
- wises8
- wists8
- wites8
- caw8
- cow8
- ascot7
- cases7
- caste7
- casts7
- cates7
- cesta7
- cesti7
- cists7
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