COLONIES Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What COLONIES Means

COLONIES is a form of COLONY, which means:

noun: a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government“the American colony in Paris”
noun: a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

COLONIES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 L1 O1 N1 I1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of COLONIES (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

COLONISE ECLOSION

Words Made From The Letters In COLONIES

238 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

7 letter words (9)

CINEOLS CLOISON COLONES CONSEIL CONSOLE COOLIES INCLOSE LOONIES SCOLION

6 letter words (31)

CINEOL CLINES CLONES COLIES COLINS COLONE COLONI COLONS CONIES CONSOL COOLIE COOSEN COOSIN COSINE ELOINS ENOLIC ESLOIN ICONES INCLES INSOLE LESION LOCOES LOOIES LOONIE LOOSEN LOOSIE NICOLS OLEINS OSCINE SOLEIN SOLION

5 letter words (60)

4 letter words (75)

3 letter words (46)

CEL CIS COL CON COO COS ECO ELS ENS EON ICE INS ION IOS ISO LEI LES LIE LIN LIS LOO LOS NIE NIL NIS NOO NOS OES OIL OIS OLE ONE ONO ONS OON OOS OSE SEC SEI SEL SEN SIC SIN SOC SOL SON

2 letter words (17)

EL EN ES IN IO IS LI LO NE NO OE OI ON OO OS SI SO

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COLONIES