COLA is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. COLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in COLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What stands out about COLA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A sweet, carbonated soft drink flavoured with extract from the kola nut, or the kola nut and tree itself.
Cola began as a drink flavoured with caffeine-rich kola nuts and sugar syrup, and the name now covers the whole family of dark, fizzy soft drinks sold worldwide, whether or not real kola extract is used. The word also names the tropical tree and nut that first gave the drink its flavour and its caffeine.
How COLA is used
Standard English; the everyday sense is the soft drink, with the tree and nut sense being more specialised.
- He ordered a cola with his lunch.
- The vending machine only sold cola and lemonade.
- She poured cola over ice for the children.
- The kola tree that gives cola its name grows in West Africa.
- A bottle of cola sat open on the counter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COLA
The 4 tiles of COLA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with COLA
5 longer words begin with COLA.
Words ending in COLA
2 words end in COLA. Useful as a back hook: play COLA onto a word already on the board.
Words with COLA inside
Showing 24 of 34 words that contain COLA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with COLA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COLA
Common questions about COLA
- Is COLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLA worth?
- COLA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLA mean?
- A sweet, carbonated soft drink flavoured with extract from the kola nut, or the kola nut and tree itself.
- What letters can be added to COLA?
- COLA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of COLA:
Open COLA in the Word Finder