What does CORE mean?

Pronunciation
/kɔr/
Letters
4
Scrabble score
6
Words With Friends score
7
How common
Common

Meaning

noun

  1. a small group of indispensable persons or things“five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program”
  2. the center of an object“the ball has a titanium core”
  3. the central part of the Earth
  4. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience“the gist of the prosecutor's argument”
  5. a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill
  6. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  7. (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories“each core has three wires passing through it, providing the means to select and detect the contents of each bit”
  8. the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

cored8cores7coring9

Anagrams of CORE

cero6

Words inside CORE

10 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

cor5orc5ore3 rec5roc5roe3er2oe2or2re2

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Questions

Is CORE a valid word in word games?

CORE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is CORE worth?

CORE is worth 6 points with Scrabble letter values and 7 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from CORE?

10 other words, including OR, RE, ER and ORE.