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Is accost a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word accost is a Scrabble US word. The word accost is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

A1C3C3O1S1T1

Is accost a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word accost is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

A1C3C3O1S1T1

Is accost a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word accost is a Words With Friends word. The word accost is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1C4C4O1S1T1

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6-letter words (2 found)

ACCOST,COACTS,

5-letter words (10 found)

ASCOT,ATOCS,CASCO,COACT,COAST,COATS,COCAS,COSTA,OCTAS,TACOS,

4-letter words (20 found)

ACTS,ATOC,CAST,CATS,COAT,COCA,COST,COTS,OAST,OATS,OCAS,OCTA,SCAT,SCOT,SOCA,STOA,TACO,TAOS,TOCS,TOSA,

3-letter words (14 found)

ACT,ATS,CAT,COS,COT,OAT,OCA,SAC,SAT,SOC,SOT,TAO,TAS,TOC,

2-letter words (7 found)

AS,AT,OS,SO,ST,TA,TO,

You can make 53 words from accost according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of accost

accost

Etymology

First attested in the 1570s. From Old French accoster, from Vulgar Latin accosto (“to come alongside someone”), from ad (“near”) + costa (“rib, side”). Cognate with Spanish acostar (“to lie down, go to bed”).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ə.ˈkɔst/
  • (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ə.ˈkɑst/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ə.ˈkɒst/
  • Rhymes: -ɒst
  • Hyphenation: ac‧cost

Verb

accost (third-person singular simple present accosts, present participle accosting, simple past and past participle accosted)

  1. (transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To join side to side; to border.
  3. (by extension, transitive, obsolete) To sail along the coast or side of.
  4. (transitive, obsolete) To approach; to come up to.
  5. (transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.
  7. (transitive) To assault.
  8. (transitive) To solicit sexually.

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Noun

accost (plural accosts)

  1. (rare) Address; greeting.
  2. An attack.

Anagrams

  • coacts

Source: wiktionary.org