COLUBRINE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. COLUBRINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLUBRINE?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLUBRINE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLUBRINE
No single letter turns COLUBRINE into another word.
How COLUBRINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in COLUBRINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLUBRINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about COLUBRINE
- All 9 letters of COLUBRINE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does COLUBRINE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryzoology
Of or like a snake, especially one of the family of typical harmless snakes.
Writers use colubrine for a smooth, sinuous movement, or for a person who is sly and cunning. In zoology it points more narrowly to the large family of common snakes called colubrids.
How COLUBRINE is used
Mostly literary or scientific, describing snakelike shape, motion, or character.
- The dancer moved with colubrine grace.
- A colubrine smile crossed the merchant face.
- The colubrine pattern on the scales was striking.
- He gave the plan a colubrine twist.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLUBRINE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in COLUBRINE
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Common questions about COLUBRINE
- Is COLUBRINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLUBRINE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLUBRINE worth?
- COLUBRINE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLUBRINE mean?
- Of or like a snake, especially one of the family of typical harmless snakes.
- What letters can be added to COLUBRINE?
- No single letter can be added to COLUBRINE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of COLUBRINE:
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