COLUMN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COLUMN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLUMN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLUMN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLUMN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
columnsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLUMN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COLUMN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 388,038.
What does COLUMN mean in Scrabble?
noun
An upright pillar that supports a building or stands alone, or any tall narrow vertical shape or arrangement.
In architecture a column holds up a roof or arch and may be plain or richly carved, as in the Greek and Roman orders. The word then spread to anything tall and narrow: a column of smoke, a column of figures in a ledger, a column of text on a newspaper page. A column in a paper has also come to mean a regular article by one writer, and in the military it means soldiers or vehicles marching in a line.
How COLUMN is used
Very common in architecture, printing, spreadsheets, journalism and military language.
- A marble column stood at each corner of the hall.
- Add the numbers in the right-hand column of the table.
- A thin column of smoke rose from the chimney.
- She writes a weekly column about gardening for the local paper.
- The column of trucks stretched for a mile along the road.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLUMN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLUMN
16 longer words begin with COLUMN.
Shorter words from the letters in COLUMN
Common questions about COLUMN
- Is COLUMN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLUMN, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLUMN worth?
- COLUMN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLUMN mean?
- An upright pillar that supports a building or stands alone, or any tall narrow vertical shape or arrangement.
- What letters can be added to COLUMN?
- COLUMN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COLUMN:
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