Is COLLATERAL valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLATERAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is COLLATERAL worth?

COLLATERAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to COLLATERAL?

COLLATERAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

COLLATERAL is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points

Yes. COLLATERAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.

c3o1l1l1a1t1e1r1a1l1

PlayableCOLLATERAL · 10 letters · 12 pts Scrabble · 16 pts WWF

12points in Scrabble

16points in Words with Friends

10letters

1hook available

Which word lists accept COLLATERAL?

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

30WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

1.2

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

6.4%

Our own measure of how useful COLLATERAL is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for COLLATERAL

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

collaterals13

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How COLLATERAL scores

Scrabble c3o1l1l1a1t1e1r1a1l1 12

Words with Friends c4o1l2l2a1t1e1r1a1l2 16

Face value of the 10 tiles in COLLATERAL, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
c	1	2
o	1	8
l	3	4
a	2	9
t	1	6
e	1	12
r	1	6

Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLLATERAL has to be built on the board across turns.

What does COLLATERAL mean in Scrabble?

COLLATERAL is the adverb formed from INDIRECT.

INDIRECT(adjective) — Not going straight to the point, or not caused or done in a direct way.

Full entry for INDIRECT →

Words starting with COLLATERAL

collaterals13 collaterally17 collateralise15 collaterality18 collateralize24 collateralised17 collateralises16 collateralized26 collateralizes25 collateralising18 collateralities17 collateralizing27

12 longer words begin with COLLATERAL.

Shorter words from the letters in COLLATERAL

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Common questions about COLLATERAL

Is COLLATERAL valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLATERAL, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is COLLATERAL worth?: COLLATERAL is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to COLLATERAL?: COLLATERAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COLLATERAL:

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