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Colonising

c 3o 1l 1o 1n 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 2

About 4 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Rare · present participle of colonise

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

What does colonising mean?

verb

  1. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world

    “Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century”

    Synonymscolonize

  2. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)

    “The British colonized the East Coast”

    Synonymscolonize

Definitions shown for colonise, the base form of colonising.

Is COLONISING 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 COLONISING worth?

Scrabble

13 pts
c 3o 1l 1o 1n 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 2

Words With Friends

18 pts
c 4o 1l 2o 1n 2i 1s 1i 1n 2g 3

Wordfeud

15 pts
c 4o 1l 1o 1n 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 3

NYT Crossplay

16 pts
c 3o 1l 2o 1n 1i 1s 1i 1n 1g 4

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

Words from the letters in COLONISING

Words that end like COLONISING

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

advertisingexercisingsupervisingtelevisingimprovisingcircumcisingcompromisingenterprisingmerchandisingsurprisingpromisingadvisingcomprisingdevisingrevisingarisingrisingchastisingtrellisingdespisingfranchisingpremisingsurmisingdemising
All words ending in -ISING

Colonising: quick answers

Is COLONISING a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. COLONISING is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 13 points before board bonuses.
How many points is COLONISING worth?
COLONISING scores 13 points in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends, 15 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does colonising mean?
colonising is the present participle of colonise, which means “settle as a colony”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in COLONISING?
You can make 251 shorter words from COLONISING, such as CONSOLING, COOSINING, INCLOSING, CLONINGS. See the full list.