What COLTANS Means
COLTANS is a form of COLTAN, which means:
- noun: a valuable black mineral combining niobite and tantalite; used in cell phones and computer chips
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
COLTANS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 L1 T1 A1 N1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In COLTANS
165 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (11)
5 letter words (44)
ACTONALCOSALTOSASCOTATOCSCALOSCANSOCANSTCANTOCANTSCLANSCLASTCLATSCLONSCLOTSCOALSCOASTCOATSCOLASCOLTSCOSTACOTANLANTSLOANSLOASTLOTASNOTALOCTALOCTANOCTASSALONSALTOSANTOSCANTSLANTSLOANSOLANSTOLNTACOSTALCSTALONTOLANTOLASTONAL
4 letter words (59)
ACTSALCOALSOALTOALTSANTSATOCCALOCANSCANTCASTCATSCLANCLATCLONCLOTCOALCOATCOLACOLSCOLTCONSCOSTCOTSLACSLANTLASTLATSLOANLOCALOSTLOTALOTSNAOSNATSNOTAOASTOATSOCASOCTAONSTSALTSANTSCANSCOTSLATSLOTSNOTSOCASOLASTOATACOTALCTANSTAOSTOCSTOLATONSTOSA
3 letter words (37)
ACTALSALTANSANTATSCANCATCOLCONCOSCOTLACLASLATLOSLOTNASNATNOSNOTOATOCAONSSACSALSANSATSOCSOLSONSOTTANTAOTASTOCTON
2 letter words (14)
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