COLLIERY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COLLIERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLLIERY?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLLIERY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLLIERY
No single letter turns COLLIERY into another word.
How COLLIERY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COLLIERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLLIERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLLIERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A coal mine together with its buildings and equipment.
Whole communities in Wales and northern England grew up around a colliery, with houses, chapels and clubs built beside the pithead. The word is strongly tied to industrial history.
How COLLIERY is used
Mainly British, used in industrial and local history.
- His father worked at the colliery for thirty years.
- The colliery closed in the 1980s.
- A winding tower still marks the old colliery.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLLIERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COLLIERY
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Common questions about COLLIERY
- Is COLLIERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLIERY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLLIERY worth?
- COLLIERY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLLIERY mean?
- A coal mine together with its buildings and equipment.
- What letters can be added to COLLIERY?
- No single letter can be added to COLLIERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COLLIERY:
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