COL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. COL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COL is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in COL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does COL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A low pass between two mountain peaks.
Col came into English from French, where it means a neck, and mountaineers use it for the lowest point on a ridge between two summits. Weather forecasters took the same word for the slack area between two pressure systems.
How COL is used
Countable: a col, two cols.
- The col is the only crossing for eleven miles.
- A col is the low point between two summits.
- The word col is French for a neck.
- Forecasters use col for a slack area of pressure.
- Two cols on the ridge and both of them exposed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COL
Showing 24 of 779 words that begin with COL.
Words ending in COL
8 words end in COL. Useful as a back hook: play COL onto a word already on the board.
Words with COL inside
Showing 24 of 730 words that contain COL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COL
Common questions about COL
- Is COL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COL worth?
- COL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COL mean?
- A low pass between two mountain peaks.
- What letters can be added to COL?
- COL takes 7 hooks: 0 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of COL:
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