countercoup

NOUN
11 LETTERS · STARTS WITH C

countercoup is a valid 11-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3O1U1N1T1E1R1C3O1U1P3
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING

What does countercoup mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat.