COLOURING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. COLOURING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
c3o1l1o1u1r1i1n1g2
PlayableCOLOURING · 9 letters · 12 pts Scrabble · 17 pts WWF
12points in Scrabble
17points in Words with Friends
9letters
1hook available
Which word lists accept COLOURING?
| 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: 29 / 100
29WORD POWER
Points per tile 35%1.33
Hooks 25%1
Bingo potential 20%no
Tile availability 20%5.56%
Our own measure of how useful COLOURING is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLOURING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colouringsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLOURING scores
Scrabble c3o1l1o1u1r1i1n1g2 12
Words with Friends c4o1l2o1u2r1i1n2g3 17
Face value of the 9 tiles in COLOURING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLOURING has to be built on the board across turns.
Words starting with COLOURING
1 longer words begin with COLOURING.
Shorter words from the letters in COLOURING
clouring11 coloring11 crooling11 urologic11 unicolor10 cooling10 couring10 curling10 locoing10 couloir9 orcinol9 louring8 cluing9 colugo9 congou9 cooing9 coring9 curing9 unclog9 coloni8 colour8 ulicon8 uncoil8 uncool8 logion7 looing7 loring7 louing7 luring7 olingo7 oulong7 ruling7 cling8 clung8 cogon8 coign8 colog8 congo8 corgi8 cuing8
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Common questions about COLOURING
- Is COLOURING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLOURING, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLOURING worth?
- COLOURING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What letters can be added to COLOURING?
- COLOURING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COLOURING:
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