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Colonies

c 3o 1l 1o 1n 1i 1e 1s 1

About 3 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Common · plural of colony

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does colonies mean?

noun

  1. 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”

    Synonymssettlement

  2. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

  3. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

  4. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

    “a nudist colony”

  5. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

    Synonymsdependency

  6. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

Definitions shown for colony, the base form of colonies.

Is COLONIES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is COLONIES worth?

Scrabble

10 pts
c 3o 1l 1o 1n 1i 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
c 4o 1l 2o 1n 2i 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

11 pts
c 4o 1l 1o 1n 1i 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
c 3o 1l 2o 1n 1i 1e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in COLONIES

Anagrams 2

coloniseeclosion

Words that end like COLONIES

Common words that share the ending -ONIES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

symphoniesfeloniesagoniesbalconieseboniesharmoniesironiescroniesceremoniesmoniesponiespatrimoniestestimonies
All words ending in -ONIES

Colonies: quick answers

Is COLONIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. COLONIES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 10 points before board bonuses.
How many points is COLONIES worth?
COLONIES scores 10 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 11 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does colonies mean?
colonies is the plural of colony, which means “a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in COLONIES?
You can make 239 shorter words from COLONIES, such as CINEOLS, CLOISON, COLONES, CONSEIL. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of COLONIES?
COLONIES rearranges into COLONISE, ECLOSION.