COLLAGENOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. COLLAGENOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLLAGENOUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLLAGENOUS is to know. It scores 14 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLLAGENOUS
No single letter turns COLLAGENOUS into another word.
How COLLAGENOUS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COLLAGENOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLLAGENOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLLAGENOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Made of or resembling collagen, the strong fibrous protein of skin, bone and tendon.
Anatomists call tissue collagenous when its structure is dominated by collagen fibres. The word describes toughness and flexibility rather than a specific organ. It turns up in histology and in descriptions of meat and leather.
How COLLAGENOUS is used
Used in biology and medicine to describe fibrous connective tissue.
- Tendons are dense collagenous structures.
- The slide showed a layer of collagenous fibres beneath the skin.
- Slow cooking softens the collagenous parts of the meat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLLAGENOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COLLAGENOUS
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Common questions about COLLAGENOUS
- Is COLLAGENOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLAGENOUS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLLAGENOUS worth?
- COLLAGENOUS is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLLAGENOUS mean?
- Made of or resembling collagen, the strong fibrous protein of skin, bone and tendon.
- What letters can be added to COLLAGENOUS?
- No single letter can be added to COLLAGENOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COLLAGENOUS:
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