Is COTTERED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, COTTERED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does COTTERED mean?
Cottered is a form of COTTER.
- noun
a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
- noun
a medieval English villein
- noun
fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
12
Words With Friends
8
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + T (1) + T (1) + E (1) + R (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 11 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 COTTERED
COTTERED 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.
Anagrams of COTTERED
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from COTTERED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- detector11
- detect9
- recode9
- tetrode8
- cotter8
- tercet8
- ceder8
- cered8
- coder8
- cored8
- coted8
- credo8
- creed8
- decor8
- dotter7
- retted7
- rotted7
- teredo7
- erect7
- octet7
- recto7
- terce7
- cede7
- code7
- coed7
- cord7
- cred7
- deco7
- deter6
- doter6
- erode6
- toted6
- treed6
- trode6
- cere6
- cero6
- cert6
- cete6
- core6
- cote6
- torc6
- cod6
- doc6
- otter5
- rotte5
- torte5
- toter5
- deer5
- deet5
- dere5
- doer5
- dore5
- dote5
- dree5
- rede5
- redo5
- reed5
- rode5
- teed5
- toed5
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