Unscramble COLONISE and you have 228 words, COLONISE itself among them: it scores 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. It has 2 anagrams, each with the same 10 points: COLONIES and ECLOSION. The best shorter words score 9: 8 of them, CONSOLE, COLONES and CINEOLS included. 8 letters: 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from COLONISE 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.
33 6-letter words you get when you unscramble COLONISE; 22 of them share the top score of 8. CLONES, LESION and LOOSEN are everyday picks.
Of the 60 5-letter words from COLONISE, 34 score 7 points, the group's best. CLOSE, LINES and NOISE are the ones most people know.
Among 60 4-letter words from COLONISE, the top score is 6, reached by 29. LINE, ONCE and NICE are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of COLONISE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 8-letter words: starting with CO · ending in SE · all 8-letter words
The meaning of COLONISE, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept COLONISE, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLONISE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 193 | 226 | 180 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOISON, CONSEIL, SCOLION, COOSEN, COOSIN, INCLES, CIELS, CLIES, INCLE, ONCES, SONCE, CENS and 23 more, 35 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: INCELS, LOCIES, INCEL, LOCIE, LOCIS, ECOS, LOCS, LOONIE, ECO, LOC, SOC, ONO and 1 more, 13 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: COOLIES and COOLIE, 2 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of COLONISE spell the words below.