COLOCATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COLOCATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLOCATE?
| 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 COLOCATE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLOCATE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLOCATE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COLOCATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLOCATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLOCATE mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To place two or more things, or operations, in the same location or facility.
Businesses colocate teams or servers to cut travel time and costs. In planning, the verb can also describe grouping housing units close together.
How COLOCATE is used
Common in computing, business and urban planning.
- The firm decided to colocate its servers in a single data centre.
- Schools and clinics are often built to colocate with housing.
- We plan to colocate the design and engineering teams next year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLOCATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLOCATE
2 longer words begin with COLOCATE.
Shorter words from the letters in COLOCATE
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Common questions about COLOCATE
- Is COLOCATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLOCATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLOCATE worth?
- COLOCATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLOCATE mean?
- To place two or more things, or operations, in the same location or facility.
- What letters can be added to COLOCATE?
- COLOCATE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COLOCATE:
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