COLCHICINE is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. COLCHICINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLCHICINE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLCHICINE is to know. It scores 19 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLCHICINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colchicinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLCHICINE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COLCHICINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 3 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. COLCHICINE needs 1 blank tile.
What does COLCHICINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
A toxic yellow alkaloid from the autumn crocus, used to treat gout and in plant breeding.
Colchicine eases the pain of a gout attack, but the margin between dose and poisoning is narrow. Plant breeders use it to double chromosome numbers and so create new varieties. It was first extracted from the meadow saffron.
How COLCHICINE is used
Used in pharmacology, medicine and plant genetics.
- The doctor prescribed colchicine for the gout flare.
- Colchicine interrupts cell division.
- Overdoses of colchicine can be fatal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLCHICINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLCHICINE
1 longer words begin with COLCHICINE.
Shorter words from the letters in COLCHICINE
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Common questions about COLCHICINE
- Is COLCHICINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLCHICINE, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLCHICINE worth?
- COLCHICINE is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLCHICINE mean?
- A toxic yellow alkaloid from the autumn crocus, used to treat gout and in plant breeding.
- What letters can be added to COLCHICINE?
- COLCHICINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COLCHICINE:
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