228 words come out when you unscramble COLONIES, starting with COLONIES itself: 10 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: COLONISE and ECLOSION. The 8 letters split into 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
Looking for consolei or colsione? They use the same letters as COLONIES, so the words on this page are their answers too.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from COLONIES by length: 3 with 8 letters, 9 with 7, 33 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 46 with 3 and 17 with 2.
22 of 33 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COLONIES tie at 8 points; none scores more. CLONES, LESION and LOOSEN will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words from COLONIES, 34 score 7 points, the group's best. CLOSE, LINES and NOISE are the ones most people know.
29 of 60 4-letter words made with COLONIES letters tie at 6 points; none scores more. LINE, ONCE and NICE will look familiar.
46 3-letter words you get when you unscramble COLONIES; 12 of them share the top score of 5. ONE, OIL and SON are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of COLONIES but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
COLONIES first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
COLONIES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLONIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 193 | 226 | 180 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
35 of the 228 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOISON, CONSEIL, SCOLION, COOSEN, COOSIN, INCLES, CIELS, CLIES, INCLE, ONCES, SONCE, CENS and 23 more. 13 of the 228 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: INCELS, LOCIES, INCEL, LOCIE, LOCIS, ECOS, LOCS, LOONIE, ECO, LOC, SOC, ONO and 1 more. 2 of the 228 answers are missing from Scrabble UK: COOLIES and COOLIE.
Each word below uses all the letters of COLONIES and one more.