COLPORTEUR is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. COLPORTEUR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLPORTEUR?
| 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 COLPORTEUR is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLPORTEUR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colporteursChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLPORTEUR scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in COLPORTEUR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLPORTEUR has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLPORTEUR mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A pedlar who travels around selling or giving out books, especially religious works.
In past centuries a colporteur carried Bibles and tracts into villages that had no bookshop. The word came into English from French and now belongs mostly to history.
How COLPORTEUR is used
The word colporteur is most often met in accounts of nineteenth-century religious societies.
- The colporteur walked from farm to farm with a pack of Bibles.
- A colporteur sold her a small hymn book for a few coins.
- The society employed a colporteur to spread its pamphlets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLPORTEUR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLPORTEUR
1 longer words begin with COLPORTEUR.
Shorter words from the letters in COLPORTEUR
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Common questions about COLPORTEUR
- Is COLPORTEUR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLPORTEUR, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLPORTEUR worth?
- COLPORTEUR is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLPORTEUR mean?
- A pedlar who travels around selling or giving out books, especially religious works.
- What letters can be added to COLPORTEUR?
- COLPORTEUR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of COLPORTEUR:
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