Is COLON a word?
COLON is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 12 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, COLON is a valid word.
What does colon mean?
noun: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
COLON: word details
- Pronunciation: KOH-luhn (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 7 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so COLON works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside colon
Words you can make from the letters of colon.
Solve a whole rack, not just COLON
COLON is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does COLON mean?
COLON is a noun. It means: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.
Is COLON a valid word?
Yes, COLON is a valid word. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.