POINCIANA is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. POINCIANA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POINCIANA?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POINCIANA is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POINCIANA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poincianasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POINCIANA scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in POINCIANA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POINCIANA has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POINCIANA mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical tree or shrub of the pea family that bears showy clusters of bright red, orange or yellow flowers.
The poinciana is planted along streets and in gardens in warm countries for its shade and its blazing blooms. Its feathery leaves and long seed pods make it easy to spot even out of flower.
How POINCIANA is used
Mostly a gardening and botanical word; a poinciana is named for its flaming flowers.
- A huge poinciana shaded the whole courtyard of the old hotel.
- In early summer the poinciana burst into scarlet flower.
- She planted a young poinciana beside the garden wall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POINCIANA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POINCIANA
1 longer words begin with POINCIANA.
Shorter words from the letters in POINCIANA
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Common questions about POINCIANA
- Is POINCIANA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POINCIANA, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POINCIANA worth?
- POINCIANA is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POINCIANA mean?
- A tropical tree or shrub of the pea family that bears showy clusters of bright red, orange or yellow flowers.
- What letters can be added to POINCIANA?
- POINCIANA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of POINCIANA:
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