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Is COLOUR playable in Scrabble?

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COLOTOMY COLOUR COLOURED

Scrabble dictionaries

Dictionary Name Region Valid
Offcl. Scrabble Pl. Dict. & Offcl. Scrabble Words SOWPODS International / UK / Australia YES
NASPA Word List 2020 NWL2020 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
NASPA Word List 2018 NWL2018 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2016 TWL16 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2014 TWL14 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 2006 TWL06 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Tournament Word List 1998 TWL98 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2019 CSW19 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2015 CSW15 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2012 CSW12 International / UK / Australia YES
Collins Scrabble Words 2007 CSW07 International / UK / Australia YES
Offcl. Scrabble Players Dictionary OSPD4 USA / Canada / Thailand YES
Australian Primary Schools OWL2 Australia YES
Australian Primary Schools OWL1 Australia YES
Words With Friends 2000 ENABLE2K Worldwide YES
Words With Friends 1997 (retired) ENABLE1 Worldwide YES
Letterpress Letterpress Worldwide YES
Yet Another Word List YAWL Worldwide YES
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Scrabble points

Points

8

Letters
6
Letter score

C3O1L1O1U1R1

Meaning of COLOUR

Definitions

Adjective
colour - having or capable of producing colors; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations"

Verb
colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
colour - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones"
colour - modify or bias; "His political ideas color his lectures"
colour - give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
colour - affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

Noun
colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"
colour - any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim"
colour - an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"
colour - interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness"
colour - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
colour - (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors"
colour - the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
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British English

colour

American English

color

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Synonyms of COLOUR

color coloring material colouring material color material stuff people of color people of colour race kind sort form variety vividness interest interestingness coloration colouration timbre timber quality tone coloring colouring visual property semblance gloss appearance visual aspect influence act upon work emblazon decorate adorn grace ornament embellish beautify apologize apologise excuse justify rationalize rationalise tinge distort affect impact bear upon See all

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