COLOSSAL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COLOSSAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLOSSAL?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLOSSAL is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLOSSAL
No single letter turns COLOSSAL into another word.
How COLOSSAL scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COLOSSAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLOSSAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLOSSAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Extremely large, of enormous size or scale.
Something colossal is bigger than ordinary large things, and the word can describe a statue as readily as a mistake. Writers use colossal for emphasis when huge no longer seems enough.
How COLOSSAL is used
Used for size, effort, cost or failure.
- A colossal wave rose over the harbour wall.
- The project turned out to be a colossal waste of money.
- Tourists gazed up at the colossal statue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLOSSAL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLOSSAL
1 longer words begin with COLOSSAL.
Shorter words from the letters in COLOSSAL
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Common questions about COLOSSAL
- Is COLOSSAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLOSSAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLOSSAL worth?
- COLOSSAL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLOSSAL mean?
- Extremely large, of enormous size or scale.
- What letters can be added to COLOSSAL?
- No single letter can be added to COLOSSAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COLOSSAL:
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