COLICROOT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COLICROOT 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 COLICROOT?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLICROOT is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLICROOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colicrootsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLICROOT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COLICROOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLICROOT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLICROOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A North American plant with a rosette of leaves and a spike of small white or yellow flowers, once used against colic.
Colicroot grows from a bitter underground root that gave the plant its name, because old remedies used it for stomach pain. Gardeners now see it mostly in wild meadows and damp pinelands.
How COLICROOT is used
Used in botany and herbal history for plants of the genus Aletris.
- A spike of colicroot rose above the grass.
- Settlers dug the bitter colicroot for home remedies.
- The colicroot bloomed white in the damp meadow.
- The guide pointed out colicroot beside the trail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLICROOT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLICROOT
1 longer words begin with COLICROOT.
Shorter words from the letters in COLICROOT
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Common questions about COLICROOT
- Is COLICROOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLICROOT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLICROOT worth?
- COLICROOT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLICROOT mean?
- A North American plant with a rosette of leaves and a spike of small white or yellow flowers, once used against colic.
- What letters can be added to COLICROOT?
- COLICROOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COLICROOT:
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