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
- Scrabble
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 11
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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