PODDY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 12 points
It depends on the list you play by. PODDY 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 12 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept PODDY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PODDY is to know. It scores 12 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PODDY
Front hooks — 1
spoddyBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PODDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PODDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 392,122.
What does PODDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalAustralian
A calf or lamb that is fed and raised by hand rather than by its mother.
On a farm a poddy has usually lost its mother or been rejected by her, so a farmhand bottle-feeds it instead. The word is common in Australian and New Zealand farming talk and can also describe the young animal generally once it is grown enough to be called a poddy calf.
How PODDY is used
Heard chiefly in Australian and New Zealand farm and stock contexts.
- The farmer bottle-fed the poddy twice a day until it was strong.
- A poddy calf follows whoever feeds it, not the rest of the herd.
- They kept the poddy in a small pen away from the main mob.
- Raising a poddy by hand takes far more time than letting a cow do it.
- The children named the poddy and treated it almost as a pet.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PODDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PODDY
1 words end in PODDY. Useful as a back hook: play PODDY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PODDY
Common questions about PODDY
- Is PODDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PODDY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PODDY worth?
- PODDY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PODDY mean?
- A calf or lamb that is fed and raised by hand rather than by its mother.
- What letters can be added to PODDY?
- PODDY takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PODDY:
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