COLORMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COLORMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLORMAN?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLORMAN is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLORMAN
No single letter turns COLORMAN into another word.
How COLORMAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COLORMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLORMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLORMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americanarchaic
A person who makes or sells paints and dyes, or a sports broadcaster who adds commentary alongside the main announcer.
The older trade sense belonged to shops that ground pigments and sold them to painters. In broadcasting, the colorman supplies analysis and anecdotes while a partner calls the action.
How COLORMAN is used
Meaning depends on context: paint trade in older texts, broadcasting in sports talk.
- The village colorman mixed a deep blue for the church doors.
- The colorman on the radio team explained the tactics at half time.
- Her grandfather worked as a colorman in a London paint works.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLORMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COLORMAN
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Common questions about COLORMAN
- Is COLORMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLORMAN, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLORMAN worth?
- COLORMAN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLORMAN mean?
- A person who makes or sells paints and dyes, or a sports broadcaster who adds commentary alongside the main announcer.
- What letters can be added to COLORMAN?
- No single letter can be added to COLORMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COLORMAN:
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