COLURE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. COLURE 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 COLURE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLURE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLURE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
coluresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLURE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in COLURE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 64,673.
What does COLURE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Either of two great circles on the celestial sphere that pass through the poles and cross the equator at right angles.
Astronomers use colure to describe one of two reference circles: the equinoctial colure, which passes through the points where the sun crosses the equator each year, and the solstitial colure, which passes through the points of the sun's farthest north and south positions. Together the two colures divide the celestial sphere into quarters, much like lines of longitude divide the globe. The term comes from an old Greek word referring to something cut short, since early instruments could only show part of each circle. Modern astronomy still uses the concept, though the word colure itself appears mainly in older or specialized texts.
How COLURE is used
Countable noun, used almost exclusively in astronomy and the history of astronomical instruments.
- The globe marked the equinoctial colure with a thin brass ring.
- Old star charts labeled both colures near the pole.
- Students learned how the solstitial colure marks the solstices.
- The instrument maker engraved the colure across the sphere.
- Few modern textbooks still use the word colure at all.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLURE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLURE
1 longer words begin with COLURE.
Shorter words from the letters in COLURE
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Common questions about COLURE
- Is COLURE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLURE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLURE worth?
- COLURE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLURE mean?
- Either of two great circles on the celestial sphere that pass through the poles and cross the equator at right angles.
- What letters can be added to COLURE?
- COLURE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of COLURE:
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