COLLOQUIUM is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. COLLOQUIUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 29 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLLOQUIUM?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLLOQUIUM is to know. It scores 23 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLLOQUIUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colloquiumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLLOQUIUM scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COLLOQUIUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLLOQUIUM has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COLLOQUIUM
- COLLOQUIUM runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COLLOQUIUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
An academic meeting in which specialists present short talks on a subject and then take questions.
A colloquium is smaller and less ceremonious than a full conference, and the speaker changes from one session to the next. Departments often run a weekly colloquium so that staff and students hear about work outside their own field.
How COLLOQUIUM is used
A colloquium is mostly mentioned in universities, often with the name of the department that hosts it.
- The physics department holds a colloquium every Friday afternoon.
- She was invited to give a paper at the spring colloquium on medieval trade.
- Students are expected to attend at least one colloquium each term.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLLOQUIUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLLOQUIUM
1 longer words begin with COLLOQUIUM.
Shorter words from the letters in COLLOQUIUM
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Common questions about COLLOQUIUM
- Is COLLOQUIUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLLOQUIUM, where it scores 29 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLLOQUIUM worth?
- COLLOQUIUM is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 29 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLLOQUIUM mean?
- An academic meeting in which specialists present short talks on a subject and then take questions.
- What letters can be added to COLLOQUIUM?
- COLLOQUIUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COLLOQUIUM:
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