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Cocking

Q: What does cocking mean?

cocking is the present participle of cock, which means “tilt or slant to one side”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.

c ₃o ₁c ₃k ₅i ₁n ₁g ₂

About 2 syllables

verb · 7 letters · Common · present participle of cock

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : valid
Wordle : not valid

What does cocking mean?

verb

tilt or slant to one side
“cock one's head”
set the trigger of a firearm back for firing
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
“He struts around like a rooster in a hen house”
Synonymstittup swagger ruffle prance strut

Definitions shown for cock, the base form of cocking.

Is COCKING a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	Yes
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is COCKING worth?

Scrabble

16 pts

c ₃o ₁c ₃k ₅i ₁n ₁g ₂

Words With Friends

20 pts

c ₄o ₁c ₄k ₅i ₁n ₂g ₃

Wordfeud

19 pts

c ₄o ₁c ₄k ₅i ₁n ₁g ₃

NYT Crossplay

19 pts

c ₃o ₁c ₃k ₆i ₁n ₁g ₄

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in COCKING

Best shorter words top 30 of 42

coking 13 cock 12 conk 10 nick 10 nock 10 conic 9 gink 9 gonk 9 ick 9 king 9 coign 8 ikon 8 incog 8 kino 8 oink 8 ink 7 kin 7 koi 7 kon 7 oik 7 cig 6 cion 6 cog 6 coin 6 coni 6 icon 6 ki 6 ko 6 con 5 ingo 5

See all 42 words made from COCKING

Words that end like COCKING

Common words that share the ending -OCKING, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

locking knocking blocking shocking docking hocking mocking rocking socking clocking flocking smocking stocking unlocking paddocking padlocking unblocking deadlocking interlocking roadblocking

All words ending in -OCKING

Cocking: quick answers

Is COCKING a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. COCKING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 16 points before board bonuses.

How many points is COCKING worth?

COCKING scores 16 points in Scrabble, 20 in Words With Friends, 19 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What does cocking mean?

cocking is the present participle of cock, which means “tilt or slant to one side”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.

What words can you make with the letters in COCKING?

You can make 42 shorter words from COCKING, such as COKING, COCK, CONK, NICK. See the full list.