Is COLLIMATING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, COLLIMATING is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does COLLIMATING mean?
Collimating is a form of COLLIMATE.
- verb
make or place parallel to something
“They paralleled the ditch to the highway”
- verb
adjust the line of sight of (an optical instrument)
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
11
Letters
C (3) + O (1) + L (1) + L (1) + I (1) + M (3) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + N (1) + G (2) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for COLLIMATING
COLLIMATING has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from COLLIMATING
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- claiming13
- gnomical13
- collating12
- amniotic12
- comitial12
- calming12
- coaming12
- locating11
- logician11
- comitia11
- limacon11
- coming11
- gnomic11
- macing11
- calling10
- catling10
- coaling10
- coating10
- coiling10
- cotinga10
- illogic10
- loaming10
- logical10
- mailing10
- malling10
- malting10
- milling10
- milting10
- moating10
- moiling10
- molting10
- otalgic10
- talcing10
- aminic10
- anomic10
- atomic10
- camion10
- limnic10
- manioc10
- mantic10
- miotic10
- gamic10
- magic10
- intaglio9
- ligation9
- allicin9
- altcoin9
- intimal9
- liminal9
- maillot9
- million9
- monilia9
- tollman9
- acting9
- agonic9
- aiming9
- citing9
- congii9
- coting9
- gallic9
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