cooter
Plural: cooters
Noun
- A type of freshwater turtle, often found in North America.
- large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico
- A freshwater turtle of the eastern United States of the genus Pseudemys.
- A box turtle.
- A redneck.
- Vagina or vulva.
- Alternative form of couter (“a sovereign (coin)”).
Examples
- Finding a seven-letter COOTER on the Scrabble board felt like a rare discovery, much like spotting one in the wild.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Gullah cootuh (“turtle”), from an African language, e.g. Bambara kuta (“turtle”). Attested in English from the 19th century.
Synonyms
Pseudemys concinna, river cooter
Scrabble Score: 8
cooter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcooter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cooter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 9
cooter: valid Words With Friends Word