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Is cotton a Scrabble word?

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

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Is cotton a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word cotton is a Words With Friends word. The word cotton is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

COTTON,

5-letter words (1 found)

CONTO,

4-letter words (10 found)

COON,COOT,COTT,NOTT,ONTO,OONT,OTTO,TOCO,TOON,TOOT,

3-letter words (12 found)

CON,COO,COT,NOO,NOT,ONO,OON,OOT,TOC,TON,TOO,TOT,

2-letter words (4 found)

NO,ON,OO,TO,

You can make 28 words from cotton according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cotton

cotton

Etymology 1

Middle English cotoun, from Anglo-Norman cotun, Old French coton, from (Genoese) Old Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒt.ən/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑt.ən/, [ˈkɑʔn̩]
  • Rhymes: -ɒtən
  • Hyphenation: cot‧ton

Noun

cotton (usually uncountable, plural cottons)

  1. Gossypium, a genus of plant used as a source of cotton fiber.
  2. Any plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
  3. Any fiber similar in appearance and use to Gossypium fiber.
  4. (textiles) The textile made from the fiber harvested from a cotton plant, especially Gossypium.
  5. (countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
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Adjective

cotton (not comparable)

  1. Made of cotton.
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Verb

cotton (third-person singular simple present cottons, present participle cottoning, simple past and past participle cottoned)

  1. (transitive) To provide with cotton.
    1. To supply with a cotton wick.
    2. To fill with a wad of cotton.
    3. (horticulture) To wrap with a protective layer of cotton fabric.
    4. To cover walls with fabric.
    5. (tar and cotton) To cover with cotton bolls over a layer of tar (analogous to tar and feather )
  2. To make or become cotton-like
    1. To raise a nap, providing with a soft, cottony texture.
    2. To develop a porous, cottony texture.
    3. To give the appearance of being dotted with cotton balls.
    4. To enshroud with a layer of whiteness.
  3. To protect from harsh stimuli, coddle, or muffle.
  4. To rub or burnish with cotton.

Etymology 2

1560s, either from Welsh cydun, cytun (“agree, coincide”) (cyduno, cytuno), from cyd, cyt + un (“one”), literally “to be at one with”, or by metaphor with the textile, as cotton blended well with other textiles, notably wool in hat-making.

Verb

cotton (third-person singular simple present cottons, present participle cottoning, simple past and past participle cottoned)

  1. (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) To get on with someone or something; to have a good relationship with someone.
Usage notes

Generally used with prepositions on, to; see cotton on, cotton to.

Derived terms
  • cotton on
  • cotton to
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References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “cotton”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • Take Our Word For It: Issue 178, page 2
  • Palmer, Abram Smythe (1882) Folk-etymology: a dictionary of verbal corruptions or words perverted in form or meaning, by false derivation or mistaken analogy, G. Bell and Sons, page 76
  • “*cotton*”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle English

Noun

cotton

  1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of coton

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cotton.

Noun

cotton m (plural cottons)

  1. cotton blend (a blend of cotton with other fibers)

Related terms

  • algodão (“cotton”)

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