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Is COLONY a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list COLONY is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

Scrabble pointsWords With Friends pointsLetters
11136

What does COLONY mean?

  1. nouna body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
  2. nouna group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
  3. nouna place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

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Words inside COLONY

See all 25 words you can make from COLONY

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About this list

Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up COLONY in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

FAQ

Is COLONY a Scrabble word?

COLONY is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is COLONY worth?

COLONY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does COLONY mean?

A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government.