Words Containing COUM

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing COUM?

COUMARILIC is worth 16 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are DICOUMARINS (16), DICOUMAROLS (16), DICOUMARIN (15).

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All Words Containing COUM 12 words

How often does COUM appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 12 words containing COUM. Most are 10 letters long, they average 14.1 points, the best is COUMARILIC (16 points) and 41.7% end in S.

Total words: 12
Most common length: 10 letters; 4 words
Average Scrabble score: 14.1; out of 16 max
Longest word: DICOUMARINS; 11 letters
Most common ending: S; 41.7% of words

Most common last letters

s 41.7%
c 16.7%
n 16.7%

Top vowel pairs

ou100%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing COUM

c ₃o ₁u ₁m ₃a ₁r ₁i ₁l ₁i ₁c ₃

C 3 + O 1 + U 1 + M 3 + A 1 + R 1 + I 1 + L 1 + I 1 + C 3 = 16 points

Double word: 32 pts
Triple word: 48 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

coumarilic

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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