POI is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. POI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POI?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POI is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in POI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does POI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A Polynesian food made from pounded taro root.
Poi is left to ferment for a day or two, and it is described by thickness — one-finger, two-finger — according to how much water has gone into it. A separate poi is the weighted ball on a cord swung in Maori performance.
How POI is used
Uncountable for the food; countable for the ball.
- Poi is graded by how many fingers it takes to lift.
- The word poi names a food and also a swung ball.
- A day of fermenting changes poi completely.
- They spin poi in each hand and never collide.
- Poi is made from taro and nothing else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POI
Showing 24 of 105 words that begin with POI.
Words ending in POI
1 words end in POI. Useful as a back hook: play POI onto a word already on the board.
Words with POI inside
Showing 24 of 263 words that contain POI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POI
Common questions about POI
- Is POI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POI, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POI worth?
- POI is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POI mean?
- A Polynesian food made from pounded taro root.
- What letters can be added to POI?
- POI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of POI:
Open POI in the Word Finder