What COGNATE Means
- adjective: related in nature“connate qualities”
- adjective: having the same ancestral language“cognate languages”
- noun: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
- noun: a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
COGNATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 G2 N1 A1 T1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of COGNATE (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In COGNATE
136 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 (2)
5 letter words (22)
ACTONAGENTAGONEATONECAGOTCANOECANTOCENTOCOATECONGACONGECONTECOTANENACTGENOAOATENOCEANOCTANONCETTANGOTOGAETONGA
4 letter words (44)
ACNEAEONAGENAGONANCEANTEATOCCAGECANECANGCANTCATECENTCOATCONECOTEEOANETNAGAENGANEGANTGATEGEANGEATGENAGENTGETAGNATGOATGONENEATNOTANOTEOCTAONCETACETACOTANETANGTOEATOGATOGETONETONG
3 letter words (52)
ACEACTAGEAGOANEANTATECAGCANCATCOGCONCOTEANEATECOEGOENGEONETAGAEGANGATGENGEOGETGOAGOEGONGOTNAENAGNATNEGNETNOGNOTOATOCAONETAETAGTANTAOTEATECTEGTENTOCTOETOGTON
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.