Is COHOSHES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, COHOSHES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does COHOSHES mean?
Cohoshes is a form of COHOSH.
- noun
a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
8
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + H (4) + O (1) + S (1) + H (4) + E (1) + S (1) = 16 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 COHOSHES
COHOSHES 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 COHOSHES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hooches15
- cohosh14
- hooch13
- chooses12
- shoosh12
- choose11
- choses11
- cohoes11
- coshes11
- chess10
- chose10
- cohoe10
- cohos10
- echos10
- oches10
- hehs10
- coho9
- cosh9
- echo9
- oche9
- heh9
- shh9
- hoses8
- shoes8
- shoos8
- och8
- coses7
- soces7
- hoes7
- hose7
- hoss7
- oohs7
- sesh7
- shes7
- shoe7
- shoo7
- sohs7
- cess6
- coos6
- coss6
- ecos6
- secs6
- hes6
- hoe6
- hoo6
- hos6
- oho6
- ohs6
- ooh6
- she6
- sho6
- soh6
- coo5
- cos5
- eco5
- sec5
- soc5
- eh5
- he5
- ho5
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