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cooee

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Is cooee a Scrabble word?

Yes, cooee is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of cooee?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (Australia, informal, onomatopoeia) A long, loud call used to attract attention when at a distance, mainly done in the Australian bush.Examples: "Then they heard in the distance the "coo-ee" of a white man, which was instantly answered by another "coo-ee"."; "I call out, “Coo-ee” with long Coo and short ee like whip-bird call. Everybody in my mob know my cooee. Any one of my mob hear that, they give me cooee back. I listen. No cooee come back."; "2006, Saskia Beudel, Walking: West MacDonnell Ranges 2002, in Drusilla Modjeska, The Best Australian Essays 2006, page 309, Just as I was preparing to write in my exercise book, I heard a cooee. Cooees were not part of the code."

2. (Australia, informal, with "within", also figuratively) A short distance; hailing distance.Examples: "That is not within cooee of 10 per cent; it is much closer to six per cent."; "We were carless, in the dark, and no one to help within cooee."

verb (English)

1. (intransitive, Australia, informal) To make such a call.Examples: "‘Look out for snakes,’ said Long Charlie, flourishing his lantern. ‘And don′t all of us be coo-eeing all the time, or when the little chap sings out we shan't be able to hear him.’"; "Slipping out of the tail of the dray, I cooeed as loud as I could which was answered."; "2006, Saskia Beudel, Walking: West MacDonnell Ranges 2002, in Drusilla Modjeska, The Best Australian Essays 2006, page 310, I cooeed back. Another cooee came in what seemed to be a reply. I cooeed again."

intj (English)

1. (informal, chiefly Australia, UK) Used to attract someone's attention.Examples: "Cooee! I'm over here!"; "Then, raising her hands to her lips she utters a long, loud, piercing " Cooee ! " " Coo — ee ! " comes back over the black waters."; "2001, June E. Barker, First Platypus, Gaygar—The Little Mother Duck, in Helen F. McKay (editor), Pauline E. McLeod, Francis Firebrace Jones, June E. Barker, Gadi Mirrabooka: Australian Aboriginal Tales from the Dreaming, page 58, Gaygar could hear her people cooee out to her, "COOEE, GAYGAR! COOEE, GAYGAR!" they would cry."Synonyms: ahoy!, hey!, oi!, yoohoo!, hey

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "cooee"?

Scrabble
7 points
c3
o1
o1
e1
e1
Words With Friends
8 points
c4
o1
o1
e1
e1

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