POCOSIN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. POCOSIN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POCOSIN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POCOSIN is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POCOSIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pocosinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POCOSIN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POCOSIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 661,688.
What does POCOSIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A swampy, low-lying area on the coastal plain of the southeastern United States.
A pocosin sits on higher, flatter ground than a river swamp and holds water from rain rather than from a stream. Its soil is peaty and its shrubs grow thick, which makes the land hard to cross.
How POCOSIN is used
Pocosin is a regional word used by geographers and naturalists writing about Carolina wetlands.
- The trail ended at the edge of a wide pocosin.
- A pocosin may stay wet for most of the year.
- Rare shrubs and carnivorous plants thrive in the pocosin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POCOSIN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POCOSIN
The 7 tiles of POCOSIN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POCOSIN
1 longer words begin with POCOSIN.
Shorter words from the letters in POCOSIN
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Common questions about POCOSIN
- Is POCOSIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POCOSIN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POCOSIN worth?
- POCOSIN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POCOSIN mean?
- A swampy, low-lying area on the coastal plain of the southeastern United States.
- What letters can be added to POCOSIN?
- POCOSIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POCOSIN:
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