Cooties

7 lettersnounmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of cootie, an informal or childish term for a body louse or any parasitic insect found on the human body.

“The children ran away from the puddle shrieking that they did not want to catch cooties.”

Pronunciation

Syllables

coot·ies

Related Words

Synonyms

liceparasitesbody licenits

Word Game Tips

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Wordle

Double O near the start. Ends in -IES, the plural of a Y-ending word. The COOT- root is shared with the waterfowl name.

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Scrabble

Worth 9 points. Common tiles but the -IES ending allows it to be played in constrained board positions easily.

Words Related to Cooties

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “cooties” to make these 7-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

booties cookies

Words you can make from Cooties

Shorter words formed from the letters in “cooties”.

cootie otiose cesti cites coost coots coset cosie cotes escot estoc ocote ostic sciot scoot scote sotie stoic toise cest ceti cise cist cite

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