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Is COLONIES a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, COLONIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 10 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does COLONIES mean?

Colonies is a form of COLONY.

  1. noun

    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

    “the American colony in Paris”

  2. noun

    a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

  3. noun

    one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

  4. noun

    a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

    “a nudist colony”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

Scrabble
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8

C (3) + O (1) + L (1) + O (1) + N (1) + I (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 10 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 COLONIES

COLONIES 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.

Anagrams of COLONIES

Words that use exactly the same letters.

Words you can make from COLONIES

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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