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Yes. The word coast is a Scrabble US word. The word coast is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is coast a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word coast is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (7 found)

ASCOT,ATOCS,COAST,COATS,COSTA,OCTAS,TACOS,

4-letter words (19 found)

ACTS,ATOC,CAST,CATS,COAT,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 47 words from coast according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of coast

coast ocast caost acost oacst aocst cosat ocsat csoat scoat oscat socat casot acsot csaot scaot ascot sacot oasct aosct osact soact asoct saoct coats ocats caots acots oacts aocts cotas octas ctoas tcoas otcas tocas catos actos ctaos tcaos atcos tacos oatcs aotcs otacs toacs atocs taocs costa ocsta csota scota oscta socta cotsa octsa ctosa tcosa otcsa tocsa cstoa sctoa ctsoa tcsoa stcoa tscoa ostca sotca otsca tosca stoca tsoca casto acsto csato scato ascto sacto catso actso ctaso tcaso atcso tacso cstao sctao ctsao tcsao stcao tscao astco satco atsco tasco staco tsaco oastc aostc osatc soatc asotc saotc oatsc aotsc otasc toasc atosc taosc ostac sotac otsac tosac stoac tsoac astoc satoc atsoc tasoc staoc tsaoc

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Definitions and meaning of coast

coast

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kōst, IPA(key): /kəʊst/
  • (General American) enPR: kōst, IPA(key): /koʊst/
  • Rhymes: -əʊst

Etymology 1

From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body, flank; side of a building; face of a solid figure; coast, shore; bay, gulf; sea; concavity, hollow; boundary, limit; land; country; district, province, region; locality, place; division of the heavens; compass direction; direction; location with reference to direction, side”) [and other forms], from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”), from Proto-Indo-European *kost-. Doublet of costa.

Noun

coast (plural coasts)

  1. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]
  2. (obsolete) The side or edge of something. [15th–18th c.]
    • 1730, Isaac Newton, Opticks, 4th ed., London: […] William Innys […], page 331:
      And the Coaſt towards which the lines KL and VX are drawn, may be call’d the Coaſt of unuſual Refraction.
  3. (obsolete) A region of land; a district or country. [14th–17th c.]
  4. (obsolete) A region of the air or heavens. [14th–17th c.]
Hypernyms
  • (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay): shore, shoreline
Hyponyms
  • (edge of land meeting an ocean, sea, gulf, or bay): oceanfront, seashore
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Etymology 2

From Middle English costeien (“to travel along a border or coast; to go alongside (something), skirt; to accompany, follow; to travel across, traverse; to be adjacent to, to border;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], Old French costoier (“to be at the side of”) […] (modern French côtoyer (“to pass alongside; (figuratively) to rub shoulders”)), from Latin costicāre, from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”); see further at etymology 1.

Verb

coast (third-person singular simple present coasts, present participle coasting, simple past and past participle coasted)

  1. (intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.
  2. (intransitive, nautical) To sail along a coast.
    Synonym: hug the coastline
  3. (intransitive) To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort.
    • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
      Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties.
  4. (intransitive, obsolete) To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To conduct along a coast or river bank.
  7. (US, dialect) To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice.
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Further reading

  • coast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • coast (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Ascot, Casto, Coats, Costa, Cotas, Sacto, ascot, catso, coats, costa, octas, scato-, scoat, tacos

Source: wiktionary.org