COLLECTANEA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COLLECTANEA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLLECTANEA?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLLECTANEA is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLLECTANEA
No single letter turns COLLECTANEA into another word.
How COLLECTANEA scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COLLECTANEA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLLECTANEA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLLECTANEA mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A collection of passages, remarks or short pieces gathered from various sources.
Scholars have long published collectanea as a miscellany of quotations and notes. The word is Latin in form and plural in shape, though it is sometimes used as a singular. A book of collectanea is a patchwork, not a continuous argument.
How COLLECTANEA is used
Collectanea is a learned word, found in titles of anthologies and scholarly notes.
- The volume is a collectanea of sayings from medieval writers.
- His collectanea included recipes, proverbs and riddles.
- She published her collectanea after years of reading.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLLECTANEA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COLLECTANEA
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Common questions about COLLECTANEA
- Is COLLECTANEA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLECTANEA, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLLECTANEA worth?
- COLLECTANEA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLLECTANEA mean?
- A collection of passages, remarks or short pieces gathered from various sources.
- What letters can be added to COLLECTANEA?
- No single letter can be added to COLLECTANEA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COLLECTANEA:
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