PLOOK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. PLOOK is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept PLOOK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLOOK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLOOK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLOOK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PLOOK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 336,105.
What does PLOOK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsinformal
A pimple or small spot on the skin, also spelled plouk.
Plook is everyday Scots vocabulary for the kind of small blemish that turns up on a face, usually in the teenage years. Speakers use it the way an English speaker uses pimple or spot, with no more weight than that, and it is a common word in Scots dialect writing and casual speech rather than in formal medical text.
How PLOOK is used
Informal Scots dialect word for a pimple or spot, common in everyday speech but not in formal writing.
- A single plook appeared on his chin the night before the dance.
- She dabbed cream on the plook and hoped it would fade.
- The mirror showed one stubborn plook that would not clear up.
- His pals teased him about the plook on his nose.
- A plook or two is nothing unusual at that age.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLOOK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLOOK
5 longer words begin with PLOOK.
Words ending in PLOOK
1 words end in PLOOK. Useful as a back hook: play PLOOK onto a word already on the board.
Words with PLOOK inside
3 words contain PLOOK in the middle. Words that start with PLOOK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PLOOK
Common questions about PLOOK
- Is PLOOK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLOOK, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLOOK worth?
- PLOOK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLOOK mean?
- A pimple or small spot on the skin, also spelled plouk.
- What letters can be added to PLOOK?
- PLOOK takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PLOOK:
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