Definition of cochlea

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • cochlea is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • cochlea is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • cochlea is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of cochlea


  • the snail-shaped tube (in the inner ear coiled around the modiolus) where sound vibrations are converted into nerve impulses by the organ of Corti (noun)

See definition of cochlea in Merriam Webster