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Is cosy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cosy is a Scrabble US word. The word cosy is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is cosy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word cosy is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

C3O1S1Y4

Is cosy a Words With Friends word?

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

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4-letter words (2 found)

COSY,COYS,

3-letter words (5 found)

COS,COY,OYS,SOC,SOY,

2-letter words (4 found)

OS,OY,SO,YO,

You can make 11 words from cosy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of cosy

cosy ocsy csoy scoy oscy socy coys ocys cyos ycos oycs yocs csyo scyo cyso ycso syco ysco osyc soyc oysc yosc syoc ysoc

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word cosy. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in cosy.

Definitions and meaning of cosy

cosy

Alternative forms

The spelling cosy predominates in British English, and cozy in American English.

  • cozy (North America)
  • cosie (Scotland)
  • cozie
  • cosey (archaic)
  • cozey

Etymology

From Scots cosie, from Old Scots colsie, but ultimate derivation is unknown. Possibly of North Germanic origin, such as Norwegian kose seg (“to have a cozy time”), from Old Norse kose sig, from koselig, koslig, perhaps ultimately from Old High German kōsa; see modern German kosen (“to cuddle”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊzi/
  • (US) enPR: kō'-zē, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊzi/
  • Rhymes: -əʊzi

Adjective

cosy (comparative cosier, superlative cosiest)

  1. Affording comfort and warmth; snug; social.
    Synonym: snug
    Hyponym: gemütlich
  2. Warm and comfortable.

Derived terms

  • cosy catastrophe
  • cosy up, cozy up

Translations

Noun

cosy (plural cosies)

  1. A padded or knit covering put on an item to keep it warm, especially a teapot or egg.
  2. A padded or knit covering for any item (often an electronic device such as a laptop computer).
  3. A work of crime fiction in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community.

Derived terms

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Verb

cosy (third-person singular simple present cosies, present participle cosying, simple past and past participle cosied)

  1. To become snug and comfortable.
  2. To become friendly with.
    He spent all day cosying up to the new boss, hoping for a plum assignment.

See also

  • cosy up
  • cosy up to
  • cozen

References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
  • Annandale, C., Ogilvie, J. (1907). The Student's English Dictionary. Ireland: Blackie, p. 164

Anagrams

  • Coys, Soc'y, coys

French

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ko.zi/

Adjective

cosy (plural cosys)

  1. cosy

Noun

cosy m (uncountable)

  1. cosy

Further reading

  • “cosy”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org