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Is colonize a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word colonize is a Scrabble US word. The word colonize is worth 19 points in Scrabble:

C3O1L1O1N1I1Z10E1

Is colonize a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word colonize is a Scrabble UK word and has 19 points:

C3O1L1O1N1I1Z10E1

Is colonize a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word colonize is a Words With Friends word. The word colonize is worth 22 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1L2O1N2I1Z10E1

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8-letter words (1 found)

COLONIZE,

6-letter words (8 found)

CINEOL,COLONE,COLONI,COOLIE,ENOLIC,LOONIE,OZONIC,ZOONIC,

5-letter words (19 found)

CLINE,CLONE,CLOZE,COLIN,COLON,COOZE,COZEN,COZIE,ELOIN,INCEL,INCLE,LOCIE,LOOIE,LOZEN,NICOL,OLEIC,OLEIN,OZONE,ZINCO,

4-letter words (42 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CINE,CION,CLON,COIL,COIN,COLE,CONE,CONI,COOL,COON,COZE,ENOL,ICON,LENO,LICE,LIEN,LINE,LINO,LION,LOCI,LOCO,LOIN,LONE,LOON,NICE,NOEL,NOIL,NOLE,NOLO,OLEO,OLIO,ONCE,ONIE,OOZE,ZEIN,ZINC,ZINE,ZOIC,ZONE,ZOON,

3-letter words (27 found)

CEL,COL,CON,COO,COZ,ECO,EON,ICE,ION,LEI,LEZ,LIE,LIN,LOO,NIE,NIL,NOO,OIL,OLE,ONE,ONO,OON,ZEL,ZEN,ZIN,ZOL,ZOO,

2-letter words (14 found)

EL,EN,IN,IO,LI,LO,NE,NO,OE,OI,ON,OO,ZE,ZO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 112 words from colonize according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of colonize

colonize

Alternative forms

  • colonise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

colony +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑlənaɪz/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒlənaɪz/
  • Hyphenation: col‧o‧nize

Verb

colonize (third-person singular simple present colonizes, present participle colonizing, simple past and past participle colonized)

  1. (transitive) To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
  2. (transitive) To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.
  3. (transitive) To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).
  4. (intransitive) To begin a colony or colonies.
  5. (transitive, social sciences, by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.
    • 2017 June 13, One Year After Pulse, Don't You Dare Come for Any of Us (Lambda Legal):
      "To have our grief colonized to facilitate a racist political agenda was beyond offensive."

Derived terms

  • colonization
  • neo-colonize (neo-colonise)
  • self-colonize (self-colonise)

Related terms

  • colonial
  • colonialism
  • colonist
  • colony

Translations

Galician

Verb

colonize

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of colonizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

colonize

  1. inflection of colonizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org