COLINEARITY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. COLINEARITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLINEARITY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLINEARITY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLINEARITY
No single letter turns COLINEARITY into another word.
How COLINEARITY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COLINEARITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLINEARITY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLINEARITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The condition of lying along a single line, or the matching order between a gene and the protein it encodes.
In genetics colinearity means that the sequence of bases in a gene lines up with the order of amino acids in its protein. Mathematicians use the same idea for points that sit on one straight line.
How COLINEARITY is used
Technical term in genetics, statistics and geometry.
- The colinearity of gene and protein was a key early discovery.
- Statisticians check for colinearity among the predictor variables.
- The surveyor confirmed the colinearity of the three markers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLINEARITY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COLINEARITY
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Common questions about COLINEARITY
- Is COLINEARITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLINEARITY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLINEARITY worth?
- COLINEARITY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLINEARITY mean?
- The condition of lying along a single line, or the matching order between a gene and the protein it encodes.
- What letters can be added to COLINEARITY?
- No single letter can be added to COLINEARITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COLINEARITY:
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