COLATITUDE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COLATITUDE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLATITUDE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLATITUDE is to know. It scores 13 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLATITUDE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colatitudesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLATITUDE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COLATITUDE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLATITUDE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COLATITUDE
- COLATITUDE contains every vowel — A, E, I, O and U.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COLATITUDE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The angle that remains when a latitude is taken away from ninety degrees.
At latitude 30 degrees north the colatitude is 60 degrees, since it measures the distance from the pole instead of the equator. Astronomers and geophysicists use colatitude because it makes some spherical formulas simpler. It is a purely technical term.
How COLATITUDE is used
A term from astronomy, geodesy and mathematics for the angular distance from the pole.
- The colatitude of the equator is ninety degrees.
- Use the colatitude rather than the latitude in this formula.
- The navigator converted the colatitude back to latitude.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLATITUDE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLATITUDE
1 longer words begin with COLATITUDE.
Shorter words from the letters in COLATITUDE
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Common questions about COLATITUDE
- Is COLATITUDE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLATITUDE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLATITUDE worth?
- COLATITUDE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLATITUDE mean?
- The angle that remains when a latitude is taken away from ninety degrees.
- What letters can be added to COLATITUDE?
- COLATITUDE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COLATITUDE:
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