POISON is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. POISON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POISON?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POISON is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POISON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poisonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POISON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POISON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,549.
What does POISON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A substance that can injure, sicken, or kill a living creature when it enters the body.
A poison does its damage once it is swallowed, breathed in, or absorbed through the skin, disrupting the normal working of cells or organs, and the same word doubles as a verb, as in to poison the water supply. Some poisons act within minutes, while others build up slowly over months or years before their effects appear. The word is also used figuratively, so a rumour or a bad influence can be called a poison even though nothing physical is swallowed.
How POISON is used
Common in everyday speech about dangerous substances and, figuratively, about harmful influences or ideas.
- The label warned that the chemical was a dangerous poison.
- Someone had put poison in the well upstream of the village.
- Jealousy became a slow poison in their once close friendship.
- Doctors identified the poison within hours of the patient's collapse.
- Certain mushrooms carry enough poison to kill within a day.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POISON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POISON
13 longer words begin with POISON.
Shorter words from the letters in POISON
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Common questions about POISON
- Is POISON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POISON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POISON worth?
- POISON is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POISON mean?
- A substance that can injure, sicken, or kill a living creature when it enters the body.
- What letters can be added to POISON?
- POISON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POISON:
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