cote

Plural: cotes

Noun

a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
A cottage or hut.
A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

Verb

Verb Forms: coted, coting, cotes

To pass by; or to shelter small animals.
Obsolete form of quote.
To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

Examples

A dog cotes a hare.
He decided to cote the tempting double letter score, hoping for a better play later.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.

Synonyms

shed

Scrabble Score: 6

cote: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cote: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cote: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

cote: valid Words With Friends Word