dovecote
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
/ˈdʌvkɒt/
See all 2 pronunciations Show less
/ˈdʌvkɒt/ · /ˈdʌvkɑt/
Definition of dovecote
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
-
A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
“If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles.”
“she could see the malt-house with its dovecote”
See all 2 definitions Show less
noun
-
A small house or box, often raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments (pigeonholes), in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
“If you haue writ your Annales true, 'tis there, / That like an Eagle in a Doue-cote, I / Flutter'd your Volcians in Corioles.”
“she could see the malt-house with its dovecote”
- (historical)In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From dove + cote.
Words you can make from dovecote
57 playable · top: COVETED (13 pts)
Best play coveted 13 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
6 words4-letter words
16 words3-letter words
22 words2-letter words
8 wordsHooks
1 extension · 1 back
A single letter you can add to dovecote to make another valid word.
Back
Find your best play with dovecote
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes dovecote, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.