COLCANNON is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COLCANNON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLCANNON?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLCANNON is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLCANNON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colcannonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLCANNON scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COLCANNON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLCANNON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLCANNON mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irish
A traditional Irish dish of mashed potato mixed with cabbage or kale, butter, and seasoning.
Colcannon is a Halloween favourite in Ireland, where a ring or coin is sometimes hidden in the bowl for luck. Cooks fold the greens through the mash and serve it with a well of melted butter in the middle.
How COLCANNON is used
Used in cooking and food writing about Irish home cuisine.
- We ate colcannon with sausages on a cold evening.
- Her grandmother hid a coin in the colcannon.
- Colcannon is best served steaming with butter.
- The pub offered colcannon as a side dish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLCANNON and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLCANNON
1 longer words begin with COLCANNON.
Shorter words from the letters in COLCANNON
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Common questions about COLCANNON
- Is COLCANNON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLCANNON, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLCANNON worth?
- COLCANNON is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLCANNON mean?
- A traditional Irish dish of mashed potato mixed with cabbage or kale, butter, and seasoning.
- What letters can be added to COLCANNON?
- COLCANNON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COLCANNON:
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