COLTAN is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COLTAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLTAN?
| 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
Our own measure of how useful COLTAN is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLTAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coltansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLTAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COLTAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What does COLTAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A dull black metallic ore that is refined to produce the element tantalum, mined mainly in Central Africa.
Coltan is a shortened blend of columbite and tantalite, the two closely related minerals that make up the ore. After processing, it yields tantalum, a metal valued for capacitors used in mobile phones, laptops, and other small electronics. Large deposits occur in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and mining there has been linked to conflict and labor disputes, which brought the word into wider public use. The term is mainly technical, appearing in geology, industry, and reporting on mineral supply chains.
How COLTAN is used
Uncountable noun used in geology, electronics manufacturing, and reporting on mineral trade.
- The mine exported several tons of raw coltan each month.
- Refiners process coltan to extract usable tantalum.
- Reports linked the coltan trade to unstable mining regions.
- Engineers rely on tantalum from coltan for tiny capacitors.
- Geologists surveyed the hillside for traces of coltan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLTAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLTAN
1 longer words begin with COLTAN.
Shorter words from the letters in COLTAN
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Common questions about COLTAN
- Is COLTAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLTAN, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLTAN worth?
- COLTAN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLTAN mean?
- A dull black metallic ore that is refined to produce the element tantalum, mined mainly in Central Africa.
- What letters can be added to COLTAN?
- COLTAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COLTAN:
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