Is “Weathercock” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
WEATHERCOCK
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Weathercock

noun
  1. 1.A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.

  2. 2.One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.

  3. 3.(Chiefly US and Canada) A wind pump style where the top of it behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but also with a wheel attached to measure wind speed.

verb
  1. 1.(of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.

  2. 2.(of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.

  3. 3.To act as a weathercock for.