Is COTTONWEEDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, COTTONWEEDS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 17 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does COTTONWEEDS mean?
Cottonweeds is a form of COTTONWEED.
- noun
an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts
- noun
any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
17
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
11
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + T (1) + T (1) + O (1) + N (1) + W (4) + E (1) + E (1) + D (2) + S (1) = 17 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 COTTONWEEDS
COTTONWEEDS 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 COTTONWEEDS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- cottonweed16
- cottonseed13
- woodenest13
- contested12
- scowed12
- cottoned11
- swooned11
- swotted11
- cowed11
- ecotones10
- cestode10
- condoes10
- descent10
- detects10
- docents10
- encodes10
- escoted10
- scented10
- scooted10
- seconde10
- secondo10
- townees10
- endows10
- snowed10
- stewed10
- stowed10
- tweeds10
- wetted10
- wonted10
- wooden10
- wotted10
- cenotes9
- contest9
- cottons9
- ecotone9
- censed9
- codens9
- codons9
- condos9
- cooeed9
- costed9
- decent9
- detect9
- docent9
- encode9
- newest9
- second9
- townee9
- tweens9
- tweest9
- tweets9
- downs9
- dowse9
- endow9
- owned9
- sewed9
- sowed9
- swede9
- tewed9
- towed9
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