cocksure
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 8
Definition of cocksure
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(informal)Too confident; overconfident.
“I thought myself cocksure of his horse, which he readily promis'd me.”
“The persistence of the Past is one of those tragicomic blessings which each new age denies, coming cocksure on to the stage to mouth its claim to a perfect novelty.”
“These crack specialists, the young scientific fellows, they're so cocksure and so wrapped up in their laboratories that they miss the human element.”
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Etymology
Probably from cock + sure, early 16th c.
Words you can make from cocksure
134 playable · top: COCKERS (15 pts)
Best play cockers 15 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
16 words5-letter words
29 words- COCKS 13 pts
- CROCK 13 pts
- CRUCK 13 pts
- CUCKS 13 pts
- COKES 11 pts
- CORKS 11 pts
- CUKES 11 pts
- OCKER 11 pts
- RECKS 11 pts
- ROCKS 11 pts
- RUCKS 11 pts
- COSEC 9 pts
- CROCS 9 pts
- CUSEC 9 pts
- OCCUR 9 pts
- SECCO 9 pts
- CEROS 7 pts
- CORES 7 pts
- CORSE 7 pts
- CRUSE 7 pts
- CURES 7 pts
- CURSE 7 pts
- ECRUS 7 pts
- SCORE 7 pts
- SCOUR 7 pts
- SUCRE 7 pts
- EUROS 5 pts
- ROUES 5 pts
- ROUSE 5 pts
4-letter words
47 words- COCK 12 pts
- CUCK 12 pts
- COKE 10 pts
- CORK 10 pts
- CUKE 10 pts
- CUSK 10 pts
- RECK 10 pts
- ROCK 10 pts
- RUCK 10 pts
- SOCK 10 pts
- SUCK 10 pts
- CROC 8 pts
- KORE 8 pts
- KORS 8 pts
- KUES 8 pts
- OKES 8 pts
- RUSK 8 pts
- SOKE 8 pts
- SOUK 8 pts
- UKES 8 pts
- CERO 6 pts
- CORE 6 pts
- CORS 6 pts
- CRUS 6 pts
- CUES 6 pts
- CURE 6 pts
- CURS 6 pts
- ECOS 6 pts
- ECRU 6 pts
- ECUS 6 pts
- ORCS 6 pts
- RECS 6 pts
- ROCS 6 pts
- EROS 4 pts
- EURO 4 pts
- ORES 4 pts
- OURS 4 pts
- ROES 4 pts
- ROSE 4 pts
- ROUE 4 pts
- RUES 4 pts
- RUSE 4 pts
- SORE 4 pts
- SOUR 4 pts
- SUER 4 pts
- SURE 4 pts
- USER 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- KOR 7 pts
- KOS 7 pts
- KUE 7 pts
- OKE 7 pts
- SUK 7 pts
- UKE 7 pts
- COR 5 pts
- COS 5 pts
- CRU 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- CUR 5 pts
- ECO 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- ORC 5 pts
- REC 5 pts
- ROC 5 pts
- SEC 5 pts
- SOC 5 pts
- ERS 3 pts
- OES 3 pts
- ORE 3 pts
- ORS 3 pts
- OSE 3 pts
- OUR 3 pts
- RES 3 pts
- ROE 3 pts
- RUE 3 pts
- SER 3 pts
- SOU 3 pts
- SUE 3 pts
- USE 3 pts
2-letter words
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