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Is cootie a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cootie is a Scrabble US word. The word cootie is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is cootie a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cootie is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

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Is cootie a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word cootie is a Words With Friends word. The word cootie is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

COOTIE,

4-letter words (9 found)

CITE,CITO,COIT,COOT,COTE,ETIC,OTIC,TICE,TOCO,

3-letter words (12 found)

CIT,COO,COT,ECO,ICE,OOT,TEC,TIC,TIE,TOC,TOE,TOO,

2-letter words (9 found)

ET,IO,IT,OE,OI,OO,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from cootie according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cootie

cootie

Etymology

Probably from Malay kutu (“flea, louse”) (and/or Tagalog/Maori). First attested in English in 1917 as British army slang during World War I.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːti/
  • Rhymes: -uːti

Noun

cootie (plural cooties)

  1. (dated, British Army military slang) A louse (Pediculus humanus).
  2. (Canada, US, colloquial) A louse (Pediculus humanus).
  3. (Canada, US, Australia, colloquial, childish, usually in the plural) Any germ or contaminant, real or imagined, especially from the opposite gender (for pre-pubescent children).
    I’m not drinking from his glass until I wash the cooties off it.
  4. (rare) A nest-building female American coot (counterpart to cooter).
  5. (rare, slang) A sideswiper, a type of telegraph key.

Hyponyms

  • (germ or contaminant): boy germ, girl germ

Derived terms

  • cootie catcher
  • crazy as a cootie, crazy as a cootie bug

Translations

See also

  • lurgy

Scots

Etymology 1

Diminutive of cood possibly influenced by kittie (“a large washing-chamber”).

Noun

cootie (plural cooties)

  1. (obsolete) A wooden dish or tub for kitchen use.

References

  • “cood” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Etymology 2

Possibly from coot (“ankle”).

Adjective

cootie

  1. Having feathers on the legs.
    a cootie hen

References

  • “cootie” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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