POGROM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. POGROM 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 POGROM?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POGROM is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POGROM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pogromsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POGROM scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POGROM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 591,296.
What does POGROM mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
An organised, violent attack on a minority community, especially one carried out with official approval or indifference.
The word comes from a Russian term for devastation and entered English after attacks on Jewish communities in the Russian empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Writers now use pogrom more widely for any planned campaign of killing and looting aimed at one group of people. It is a heavy word and historians choose it with care.
How POGROM is used
A serious historical term; used in accounts of persecution.
- The village was emptied after the pogrom of that spring.
- Survivors of the pogrom fled across the border.
- The museum records the history of each pogrom in the region.
- Officials did nothing to stop the pogrom.
- Her grandmother never spoke about the pogrom she had witnessed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POGROM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POGROM
5 longer words begin with POGROM.
Shorter words from the letters in POGROM
Common questions about POGROM
- Is POGROM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POGROM, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POGROM worth?
- POGROM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POGROM mean?
- An organised, violent attack on a minority community, especially one carried out with official approval or indifference.
- What letters can be added to POGROM?
- POGROM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POGROM:
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