Is “Collect” a Scrabble word?

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Yes
COLLECT
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary

Valid in these dictionaries

SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
Valid
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Valid
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Unavailable

Meaning of Collect

/kəˈlɛkt/

verb
  1. 1.To gather together; amass.

    Suzanne collected all the papers she had laid out.

  2. 2.To get; particularly, get from someone.

    A bank collects a monthly payment on a client's new car loan.   A mortgage company collects a monthly payment on a house.

  3. 3.To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

    I don't think he collects as much as hoards.

adjective
  1. 1.To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

    It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.

Synonyms: amound, gather, bump into, plough into, run into, group

adverb
  1. 1.With payment due from the recipient.

    I had to call collect.

Synonyms: amound, gather, bump into, plough into, run into, group