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Is COLONY a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, COLONY is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does COLONY mean?

  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

11

Scrabble

13

Words With Friends

6

Letters

C (3) + O (1) + L (1) + O (1) + N (1) + Y (4) = 11 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 COLONY

COLONY 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 COLONY

The 27 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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