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COCOONS

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What COCOONS Means

COCOONS is a form of COCOON, which means:

  1. verb: retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment“Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings”
  2. verb: wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection
  3. noun: silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

COCOONS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 C3 O1 O1 N1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In COCOONS

24 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (1)

4 letter words (6)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (5)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.