POGY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POGY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POGY?
| 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 POGY is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POGY
No single letter turns POGY into another word.
How POGY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POGY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does POGY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A menhaden, a fish used for oil and bait.
The pogy is netted in enormous numbers off the American east coast and almost none of it is eaten by people. It is processed for oil and meal, which makes it one of the largest fisheries nobody notices.
How POGY is used
Countable; the plural is usually also pogy.
- A pogy is caught by the ton and eaten by nobody.
- The word pogy comes from an Algonquian language.
- Oil and meal are what a pogy becomes.
- The pogy fishery is among the largest and least known.
- Two boats working the same pogy shoal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POGY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POGY
The 4 tiles of POGY in a different order — 1 found.
Words with POGY inside
3 words contain POGY in the middle. Words that start with POGY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POGY
Common questions about POGY
- Is POGY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POGY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POGY worth?
- POGY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POGY mean?
- A menhaden, a fish used for oil and bait.
- What letters can be added to POGY?
- No single letter can be added to POGY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POGY:
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