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Is collection a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word collection is a Scrabble US word. The word collection is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

C3O1L1L1E1C3T1I1O1N1

Is collection a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word collection is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

C3O1L1L1E1C3T1I1O1N1

Is collection a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word collection is a Words With Friends word. The word collection is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1L2L2E1C4T1I1O1N2

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10-letter words (1 found)

COLLECTION,

8-letter words (1 found)

COTILLON,

7-letter words (10 found)

CLOOTIE,COCTILE,COCTION,COLLECT,COLONEL,COLONIC,CONCEIT,COONTIE,LECTION,LIONCEL,

6-letter words (33 found)

CINEOL,CITOLE,CLIENT,CLONIC,COLLET,COLLIE,COLONE,COLONI,COOLIE,COOTIE,ENOLIC,ENTOIL,LECTIN,LENTIC,LENTIL,LINTEL,LINTOL,LIONEL,LIONET,LOONIE,LOOTEN,LOTION,NIELLO,NOETIC,NOTICE,OCELLI,OCELOT,OILLET,OOLITE,TELLIN,TOLLIE,TOOLIE,TOONIE,

5-letter words (40 found)

CELLI,CELLO,CENTO,CINCT,CLINE,CLINT,CLONE,CLOOT,CLOTE,COLIC,COLIN,COLON,CONIC,CONTE,CONTO,ELINT,ELOIN,ENLIT,INCEL,INCLE,INLET,INTEL,LENTI,LENTO,LOCIE,LOOIE,LOTIC,NICOL,NOOIT,OLEIC,OLEIN,OLENT,OLLIE,ONCET,ONTIC,TELCO,TELIC,TELOI,TOILE,TONIC,

4-letter words (82 found)

CEIL,CELL,CELT,CENT,CIEL,CILL,CINE,CION,CITE,CITO,CLIT,CLON,CLOT,COCO,COIL,COIN,COIT,COLE,COLL,COLT,CONE,CONI,COOL,COON,COOT,COTE,ECCO,ENOL,ETIC,ICON,INTO,LENO,LENT,LICE,LIEN,LILO,LILT,LINE,LINO,LINT,LION,LITE,LOCI,LOCO,LOIN,LONE,LOON,LOOT,LOTE,LOTI,LOTO,NICE,NILL,NITE,NOEL,NOIL,NOLE,NOLL,NOLO,NOTE,OINT,OLEO,OLIO,ONCE,ONIE,ONTO,OONT,OTIC,TEIL,TEIN,TELL,TICE,TILE,TILL,TINE,TOCO,TOIL,TOLE,TOLL,TONE,TOOL,TOON,

3-letter words (43 found)

CEL,CIT,COL,CON,COO,COT,ECO,ELL,ELT,EON,ICE,ILL,ION,LEI,LET,LIE,LIN,LIT,LOO,LOT,NET,NIE,NIL,NIT,NOO,NOT,OIL,OLE,ONE,ONO,OON,OOT,TEC,TEL,TEN,TIC,TIE,TIL,TIN,TOC,TOE,TON,TOO,

2-letter words (17 found)

EL,EN,ET,IN,IO,IT,LI,LO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OO,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 228 words from collection according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of collection

collection

Etymology

From Middle English colleccioun, collection, from Old French collection, from Latin collēctiō, collēctiōnem, from collēctus, from colligō (“collect together”), composed of con- +‎ legō (“bring together, gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈlɛkʃən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
  • Hyphenation: col‧lec‧tion

Noun

collection (countable and uncountable, plural collections)

  1. A set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
  2. (music) A set of pitch classes used by a composer.
  3. The activity of collecting.
  4. (set theory, topology, mathematical analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
  5. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
  6. (law) Debt collection.
  7. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
  8. (UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
  9. (Oxford University, usually in the plural) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
  10. The quality of being collected; calm composure.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Alternative forms

  • c., coll. (abbreviations)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collēctiōnem. Cf. also Old French quieuçon, which may be inherited from the same source, and the modern cueillaison, which was probably formed analogically.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.lɛk.sjɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃
  • Homophone: collections
  • Hyphenation: col‧lec‧tion

Noun

collection f (plural collections)

  1. collection

Derived terms

  • collec
  • collectionner
  • collectionneur
  • collectionnite

Related terms

  • collecte
  • collecter
  • cueillette
  • cueillir

Descendants

  • → Romanian: colecție
  • → Turkish: koleksiyon

Further reading

  • “collection”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org