COLLOCATION is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. COLLOCATION 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 COLLOCATION?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLLOCATION is to know. It scores 15 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLLOCATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
collocationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLLOCATION scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COLLOCATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLLOCATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLLOCATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A pair or group of words that habitually occur together more often than chance would suggest.
English speakers say heavy rain and strong tea, not the other way round, and these are typical collocations. Dictionaries and language teachers use the idea to explain why some word choices sound natural. In older usage the word simply meant a placing together or arrangement.
How COLLOCATION is used
Collocation is a linguistics term that is common in language teaching.
- Make a decision is a common collocation in English.
- Learners should memorise collocation rather than single words.
- Strong tea is a collocation, but powerful tea sounds odd.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLLOCATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLLOCATION
2 longer words begin with COLLOCATION.
Shorter words from the letters in COLLOCATION
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Common questions about COLLOCATION
- Is COLLOCATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLOCATION, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLLOCATION worth?
- COLLOCATION is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLLOCATION mean?
- A pair or group of words that habitually occur together more often than chance would suggest.
- What letters can be added to COLLOCATION?
- COLLOCATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COLLOCATION:
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