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coattail

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Is coattail a Scrabble word?

Yes, coattail is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

Word Games

  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of coattail?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (usually in the plural, figurative) Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to those who associate with it.Examples: "to ride the coattails"; "Mr Obama’s coat-tails may help lift Wall-Street-basher Elizabeth Warren past pickup-driving Everyman and one-time nude pin-up Scott Brown in Massachusetts[…]."; "And Harford grabs the coattails of the trend, giving us 10 rules for thinking differently about numbers in the news, ranging from “check your feelings”, to “ponder your personal experience”, to “keep an open mind”."figurativelyplural-normally

verb (English)

1. (ambitransitive) To ride the coattails of.Examples: "It wasn't like I just coattailed the auditor's work. Based on the names on the time cards, I was able to conduct interviews with the employees whose labor was mischarged, and they told me which contracts they had actually worked on."; "The first of these is what Holt calls coat-tailing on cultural epicenters. Through coat-tailing, the brand becomes part of a social movement or emergent meaning-making sub-culture such that it stands as a vested community member […]"ambitransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "coattail"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "coattail"?

Scrabble
10 points
C3
O1
A1
T1
T1
A1
I1
L1
Words With Friends
12 points
C4
O1
A1
T1
T1
A1
I1
L2

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