PLOUK is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. PLOUK 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 not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PLOUK?
| 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 | Not listed |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLOUK is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLOUK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLOUK scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PLOUK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 294,092.
What does PLOUK mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scotsdialect
A pimple or pustule on the skin, especially on the face.
Plouk is a Scots word for a small spot on the skin, most often used for one on the face rather than for a rash spread over a wider area. It sits alongside the more general English pimple without replacing it, and stays largely confined to Scottish speech. The plural plouks can describe an outbreak of several such spots at once.
How PLOUK is used
Chiefly Scots; a plouk is a single spot rather than a general rash.
- A plouk appeared on his chin the night before the dance.
- The Scots word plouk names a single spot rather than a rash.
- She covered the plouk with a dab of cream.
- His face was a mass of plouks after a week outdoors.
- A plouk on the nose is worse than one hidden by hair.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLOUK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLOUK
5 longer words begin with PLOUK.
Shorter words from the letters in PLOUK
Common questions about PLOUK
- Is PLOUK valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PLOUK is not in it.
- How many points is PLOUK worth?
- PLOUK is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLOUK mean?
- A pimple or pustule on the skin, especially on the face.
- What letters can be added to PLOUK?
- PLOUK takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PLOUK:
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