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Yes. The word colophon is a Scrabble US word. The word colophon is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word colophon is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

COLOPHON,

6-letter words (1 found)

PONCHO,

5-letter words (7 found)

CHOLO,CHOON,CLOOP,COLON,HOLON,PHONO,POOCH,

4-letter words (24 found)

CHON,CHOP,CLON,CLOP,COHO,COOL,COON,COOP,HOLO,HOLP,HOON,HOOP,LOCH,LOCO,LOON,LOOP,NOLO,NOOP,PHON,POCO,POLO,POOH,POOL,POON,

3-letter words (22 found)

COL,CON,COO,COP,HOC,HON,HOO,HOP,LOO,LOP,NOH,NOO,OCH,OHO,ONO,OOH,OON,OOP,PHO,POH,POL,POO,

2-letter words (9 found)

CH,HO,LO,NO,OH,ON,OO,OP,PO,

You can make 64 words from colophon according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of colophon

colophon

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn, from Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn, “peak or finishing touch”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒləfən/

Noun

colophon (plural colophons)

  1. (printing, publishing) In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on their exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, their own name.
  2. (printing) A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust jacket.
  3. (by extension, Internet) A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
  4. (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch.

Related terms

  • colophony (“rosin”)

Translations

See also

  • coronis
  • vignette

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin colophōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔ.fɔ̃/

Noun

colophon m (plural colophons)

  1. colophon, final notice on manuscript
  2. colophon, final notice about printer, editor, paper, etc., with bibliophilic information

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κολοφών (kolophṓn).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lo.pʰoːn/, [ˈkɔɫ̪ɔpʰoːn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.lo.fon/, [ˈkɔːlofon]

Noun

colophōn m (genitive colophōnis); third declension

  1. summit, peak

Declension

Third-declension noun.

See also

  • Colophon

References

  • “colophon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • colophon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • colophon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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