COLLEEN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COLLEEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLLEEN?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLLEEN is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLLEEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colleensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLLEEN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COLLEEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 421,074.
What does COLLEEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Irish
An Irish girl or young woman.
Colleen comes from Irish usage and carries a warm, somewhat old-fashioned tone. It also survives as a given name.
How COLLEEN is used
The word colleen is used mostly in Irish settings, songs and stories.
- The song is about a pretty colleen from the village.
- A young colleen carried the water from the well.
- He wrote a poem about a colleen with red hair.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLLEEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLLEEN
1 longer words begin with COLLEEN.
Shorter words from the letters in COLLEEN
Common questions about COLLEEN
- Is COLLEEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLEEN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLLEEN worth?
- COLLEEN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLLEEN mean?
- An Irish girl or young woman.
- What letters can be added to COLLEEN?
- COLLEEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COLLEEN:
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