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Is cockamamie a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cockamamie is a Scrabble US word. The word cockamamie is worth 22 points in Scrabble:

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Is cockamamie a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cockamamie is a Scrabble UK word and has 22 points:

C3O1C3K5A1M3A1M3I1E1

Is cockamamie a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cockamamie is a Words With Friends word. The word cockamamie is worth 26 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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10-letter words (1 found)

COCKAMAMIE,

7-letter words (1 found)

MEACOCK,

6-letter words (8 found)

CAEOMA,CAIMAC,CAMMIE,COMAKE,COMICE,COMMIE,MACACO,MAMAKO,

5-letter words (16 found)

ACMIC,ACOCK,AECIA,AMICE,CACAO,CAECA,CAMEO,COMAE,COMIC,COMMA,KAMME,MAIKO,MAMIE,MECCA,MIMEO,OCCAM,

4-letter words (54 found)

ACAI,ACCA,ACME,AMIA,AMIE,AMMO,AMOK,CACA,CACK,CAKE,CAMA,CAME,CAMI,CAMO,CECA,CIAO,COCA,COCK,COKE,COMA,COME,COMM,ECCO,EMIC,EMMA,IMAM,KAIE,KAIM,KAMA,KAME,KAMI,MACA,MACE,MACK,MAIK,MAIM,MAKE,MAKI,MAKO,MAMA,MECK,MEMO,MICA,MICE,MICK,MICO,MIKE,MIME,MOAI,MOCK,MOKE,MOKI,MOME,MOMI,

3-letter words (41 found)

ACE,AIA,AIM,AKA,AKE,AMA,AME,AMI,CAA,CAM,ECO,EIK,EMO,ICE,ICK,IKE,KAE,KAI,KAM,KEA,KOA,KOI,MAA,MAC,MAE,MAK,MAM,MEM,MIC,MIM,MOA,MOC,MOE,MOI,MOM,OAK,OCA,OIK,OKA,OKE,OMA,

2-letter words (19 found)

AA,AE,AI,AM,EA,EM,IO,KA,KI,KO,MA,ME,MI,MM,MO,OE,OI,OK,OM,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 141 words from cockamamie according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cockamamie

cockamamie

Alternative forms

  • cockamamy, cockamammy

Etymology

Possible corruption of French décalcomanie (“process of transferring designs onto surfaces using decals”); sometimes erroneously claimed to derive from Yiddish.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɒk.əˈmeɪ.mi/
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌkɑ.kəˈmeɪ.mi/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌkɔk.əˈmæɪ.mi/
  • Rhymes: -eɪmi

Noun

cockamamie (countable and uncountable, plural cockamamies)

  1. (US, chiefly dated) A decal, a design that can be transferred to a surface.
  2. A foolish or ridiculous person.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
  3. Ridiculousness; folly; foolish nonsense.

Translations

Adjective

cockamamie (comparative more cockamamie, superlative most cockamamie)

  1. (informal) Foolish, ill-considered, silly, unbelievable.
    Synonyms: goofy, sappy, unreasonable; see also Thesaurus:foolish, Thesaurus:absurd
  2. Trifling.

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Further reading

  • “cockamamie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Source: wiktionary.org