COLOBUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. COLOBUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLOBUS?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLOBUS is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLOBUS
No single letter turns COLOBUS into another word.
How COLOBUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COLOBUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,233 thousand.
What does COLOBUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A slender African monkey that eats leaves and has long silky fur, a long tail and very small or no thumbs.
The colobus lives high in the forest canopy of central and east Africa, often in noisy troops. Its name comes from a Greek word meaning mutilated, a reference to the missing thumb.
How COLOBUS is used
Colobus is a zoological term, seen in nature writing and zoo guides.
- A black and white colobus leaped between the high branches.
- The colobus feeds mostly on leaves rather than fruit.
- Tourists hoped to spot a colobus on the forest walk.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLOBUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of COLOBUS
The 7 tiles of COLOBUS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with COLOBUS
1 longer words begin with COLOBUS.
Shorter words from the letters in COLOBUS
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Common questions about COLOBUS
- Is COLOBUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLOBUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLOBUS worth?
- COLOBUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLOBUS mean?
- A slender African monkey that eats leaves and has long silky fur, a long tail and very small or no thumbs.
- What letters can be added to COLOBUS?
- No single letter can be added to COLOBUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COLOBUS:
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