Definition of collections

"collections" in the noun sense

1. collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

several things grouped together or considered as a whole

2. collection, compendium

a publication containing a variety of works

3. solicitation, appeal, collection, ingathering

request for a sum of money

"an appeal to raise money for starving children"

4. collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation

the act of gathering something together

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Quotations for collections

They that have read about everything are thought to understand everything too; but it is not always so. Reading furnishes the mind only with the materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. We are of the ruminating kind, and it is not enough to cram ourselves with a great load of collections, - we must I chew them over again. [ Channing ]

Whatever we may say against such collections which present authors in a disjointed form, they nevertheless bring about many excellent results. We are not always so composed, so full of wisdom, that we are able to take in at once the whole scope of a work according to its merits. Do we not mark in a book passages which seem, to have a direct reference to ourselves? Young people especially, who have failed in acquiring a complete cultivation of the mind, are roused in a praiseworthy way by brilliant quotations." [ Goethe ]

collections in Scrabble®

The word collections is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters collections:

COLLECTIONS
(144)
COLLECTIONS
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

cellist, clients, collect, collies, collins, colonel, colonic, conceit, concise, console, coolest, cooties, icecool, lection, lentils, lintels, lionets, loonies, lotions, notices, ocelots, oleosin, oncotic, oolites, section, stencil, stollen, stoolie, toonies

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word collections

COLLECTIONS
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COLLECTIONS
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In collections

COLLECTIONS
(144)
COLLECTIONS
(144)
COLLECTIONS
(96)
COLLECTIONS
(96)
COLONIC
(94 = 44 + 50)
COLLECT
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(94 = 44 + 50)
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ICECOOL
(94 = 44 + 50)
CONCEIT
(94 = 44 + 50)
ICECOOL
(92 = 42 + 50)
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(92 = 42 + 50)
ICECOOL
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ICECOOL
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CONCEIT
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CONCEIT
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(86 = 36 + 50)
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ICECOOL
(86 = 36 + 50)
ICECOOL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONSOLE
(86 = 36 + 50)
SECTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
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(86 = 36 + 50)
STENCIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLONIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCISE
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ICECOOL
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(86 = 36 + 50)
STENCIL
(86 = 36 + 50)
LECTION
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CONCISE
(86 = 36 + 50)
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(86 = 36 + 50)
ICECOOL
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLECT
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CONCEIT
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCEIT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SECTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCEIT
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
COOTIES
(86 = 36 + 50)
COOLEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCEIT
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
COOLEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
CELLIST
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
ICECOOL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CONCEIT
(86 = 36 + 50)
CELLIST
(86 = 36 + 50)
COOTIES
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLECT
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOTICES
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
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COLONEL
(86 = 36 + 50)
CLIENTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
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(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLONEL
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLONIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLIES
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
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(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLINS
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOTICES
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COLONIC
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ONCOTIC
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OCELOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
LECTION
(86 = 36 + 50)
ONCOTIC
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OCELOTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLONIC
(86 = 36 + 50)
COLLECT
(84 = 34 + 50)
ONCOTIC
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ICECOOL
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(83 = 33 + 50)
CONCEIT
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COLONIC
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COLLECT
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ICECOOL
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COOLEST
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NOTICES
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NOTICES
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
OCELOTS
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
CELLIST
(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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CELLIST
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COLONIC
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(80 = 30 + 50)
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CELLIST
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ONCOTIC
(78 = 28 + 50)
LINTELS
(78 = 28 + 50)
COLLECT
(78 = 28 + 50)
COLLECT
(78 = 28 + 50)

collections in Words With Friends™

The word collections is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters collections:

COLLECTIONS
(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (29 words)

cellist, clients, collect, collies, collins, colonel, colonic, conceit, concise, console, coolest, cooties, icecool, lection, lentils, lintels, lionets, loonies, lotions, notices, ocelots, oleosin, oncotic, oolites, section, stencil, stollen, stoolie, toonies

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word collections

COLLECTIONS
(288)
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(270)
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(216)
COLLECTIONS
(144)
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(132)
COLLECTIONS
(100)
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(88)
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(88)
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(84)
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(84)
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(80)
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(80)
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(80)
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(78)
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(72)
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(64)
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(60)
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(60)
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(52)
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(52)
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(52)
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(48)
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(40)
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(40)
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(30)
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(28)
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(28)
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(27)
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(27)
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(27)
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(26)
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(26)
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(24)
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(24)
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(23)
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(23)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In collections

COLLECTIONS
(288)
COLLECTIONS
(270)
COLLECTIONS
(216)
COLLECTIONS
(144)
COLLECTIONS
(132)
ICECOOL
(125 = 90 + 35)
COLLECT
(116 = 81 + 35)
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(116 = 81 + 35)
COLONIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
COLONIC
(116 = 81 + 35)
CONCISE
(113 = 78 + 35)
CONCEIT
(113 = 78 + 35)
COLONEL
(110 = 75 + 35)
COLLINS
(110 = 75 + 35)
STENCIL
(107 = 72 + 35)
CONSOLE
(107 = 72 + 35)
COLLIES
(107 = 72 + 35)
CELLIST
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ONCOTIC
(107 = 72 + 35)
ICECOOL
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CONCEIT
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ONCOTIC
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LECTION
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CONCISE
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CONCISE
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CONCEIT
(107 = 72 + 35)
COLLECT
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COLONIC
(104 = 69 + 35)
OCELOTS
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CONCISE
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ICECOOL
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CLIENTS
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CONCISE
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ONCOTIC
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ICECOOL
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COLLECTIONS
(100)
COLLINS
(98 = 63 + 35)
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(98 = 63 + 35)
SECTION
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COLONEL
(98 = 63 + 35)
COLONEL
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COLLECT
(98 = 63 + 35)
NOTICES
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CLIENTS
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COLONIC
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ICECOOL
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(95 = 60 + 35)
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(92 = 57 + 35)
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COLONIC
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STOLLEN
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ICECOOL
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CONCEIT
(89 = 54 + 35)
ICECOOL
(89 = 54 + 35)
CONSOLE
(89 = 54 + 35)
LECTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
COLLECTIONS
(88)
COLLECTIONS
(88)
COLLINS
(87 = 52 + 35)
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(87 = 52 + 35)
COLLINS
(87 = 52 + 35)
COLONEL
(87 = 52 + 35)
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COLONEL
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NOTICES
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COOLEST
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COLONIC
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COLONEL
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COLONIC
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COLLECTIONS
(84)
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(84)
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COLLECT
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COLONEL
(80 = 45 + 35)
COLONEL
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COLONEL
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OLEOSIN
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(80 = 45 + 35)
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(80 = 45 + 35)
COLONEL
(80 = 45 + 35)
SECTION
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SECTION
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OLEOSIN
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Words within the letters of collections

2 letter words in collections (10 words)

9 letter words in collections (1 word)

10 letter words in collections (1 word)

11 letter words in collections (1 word)

collections + 2 blanks (2 words)

Words containing the sequence collections

Words that start with collections (1 word)

Words with collections in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving collections

Shorter words in collections

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Longer words containing collections

overcollections

recollections

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