COLOPHONY is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. COLOPHONY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLOPHONY?
| 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 COLOPHONY is to know. It scores 19 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLOPHONY
No single letter turns COLOPHONY into another word.
How COLOPHONY scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COLOPHONY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLOPHONY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLOPHONY mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A hard amber-coloured resin left after turpentine is distilled from pine sap.
Colophony is the old name for what most people now call rosin. Violinists rub it on their bows, and manufacturers add it to varnishes, inks and adhesives.
How COLOPHONY is used
Colophony is a technical term in music, chemistry and the making of varnish.
- The cellist rubbed colophony along the bow hair.
- Some people are allergic to the fumes of heated colophony.
- Colophony was a key ingredient of the old varnish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLOPHONY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COLOPHONY
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Common questions about COLOPHONY
- Is COLOPHONY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLOPHONY, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLOPHONY worth?
- COLOPHONY is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLOPHONY mean?
- A hard amber-coloured resin left after turpentine is distilled from pine sap.
- What letters can be added to COLOPHONY?
- No single letter can be added to COLOPHONY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COLOPHONY:
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