COLONUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COLONUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLONUS?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLONUS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLONUS
No single letter turns COLONUS into another word.
How COLONUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COLONUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 744,399.
What does COLONUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A tenant farmer in the late Roman Empire who was bound to the land he worked.
A colonus was legally free but could not leave the estate, a status that foreshadowed medieval serfdom. Historians use colonus when they study farming and taxes in late Roman times.
How COLONUS is used
The word colonus is a historical term used in studies of ancient Rome.
- Each colonus paid rent to the owner of the estate.
- The law tied the colonus to the soil he worked.
- A colonus could not simply walk away from the farm.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLONUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COLONUS
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Common questions about COLONUS
- Is COLONUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLONUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLONUS worth?
- COLONUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLONUS mean?
- A tenant farmer in the late Roman Empire who was bound to the land he worked.
- What letters can be added to COLONUS?
- No single letter can be added to COLONUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COLONUS:
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