COLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLIC?
| 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 COLIC is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colicsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLIC scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in COLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What stands out about COLIC
- COLIC begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COLIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
Severe, cramping abdominal pain, especially the kind that affects healthy infants for no obvious medical reason.
colic in babies typically causes long bouts of crying, often in the evening, even though the child appears otherwise healthy and well fed. The same word is also used in veterinary medicine, most importantly for horses, where colic describes abdominal pain that can quickly become an emergency. Doctors and vets alike use colic as an umbrella term for a symptom rather than a single disease, since many different causes can produce the same cramping pain.
How COLIC is used
Common in everyday speech about babies and in veterinary contexts, especially concerning horses.
- The newborn cried for hours every evening with colic.
- The vet suspected colic when the horse refused to eat.
- Parents tried several remedies to soothe the baby's colic.
- Severe colic in horses can require emergency surgery.
- Doctors reassured them that colic usually fades by four months.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLIC
12 longer words begin with COLIC.
Words ending in COLIC
4 words end in COLIC. Useful as a back hook: play COLIC onto a word already on the board.
Words with COLIC inside
4 words contain COLIC in the middle. Words that start with COLIC are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in COLIC
Common questions about COLIC
- Is COLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLIC, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLIC worth?
- COLIC is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLIC mean?
- Severe, cramping abdominal pain, especially the kind that affects healthy infants for no obvious medical reason.
- What letters can be added to COLIC?
- COLIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of COLIC:
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