PLUE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PLUE 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PLUE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLUE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLUE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pluesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLUE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PLUE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 10,212.
What does PLUE mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A beaver skin treated as a unit of trade value, also spelled plew.
In the old fur trade, a plue was not just any pelt but a standard unit of exchange. Traders priced other goods in terms of how many beaver skins, or plues, they were worth. The spelling plew records the same word and value.
How PLUE is used
A historical trading term, met mainly in accounts of the North American fur trade.
- Traders priced the rifle at ten plues.
- He brought in a bundle of plues from the winter hunt.
- The old ledger recorded debts in plues rather than coin.
- A good plue fetched a fair price at the post.
- Trappers judged the season's success by the count of plues.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLUE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PLUE
The 4 tiles of PLUE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PLUE
1 longer words begin with PLUE.
Shorter words from the letters in PLUE
Common questions about PLUE
- Is PLUE valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PLUE is not in it.
- How many points is PLUE worth?
- PLUE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLUE mean?
- A beaver skin treated as a unit of trade value, also spelled plew.
- What letters can be added to PLUE?
- PLUE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PLUE:
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