POKAL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. POKAL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept POKAL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POKAL is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POKAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pokalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POKAL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POKAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does POKAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A large ornamental drinking cup or goblet, especially one used as a trophy.
Pokal is a loanword from German, where the same word simply means a cup or trophy, and English borrowed it mainly for the ornate covered goblets prized by collectors of old silver and glass. It turns up in accounts of guild ceremonies and in descriptions of antique tableware. The everyday English word cup covers the same ground far more plainly.
How POKAL is used
Rare outside descriptions of antique silver and trophies.
- The museum displayed a silver pokal from the seventeenth century.
- A pokal often has an ornate lid unlike an everyday cup.
- The guild presented a pokal to its retiring master.
- Collectors prize an engraved pokal above a plain goblet.
- The word pokal came into English straight from German.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POKAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POKAL
The 5 tiles of POKAL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POKAL
1 longer words begin with POKAL.
Words with POKAL inside
3 words contain POKAL in the middle. Words that start with POKAL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POKAL
Common questions about POKAL
- Is POKAL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and POKAL is not in it.
- How many points is POKAL worth?
- POKAL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POKAL mean?
- A large ornamental drinking cup or goblet, especially one used as a trophy.
- What letters can be added to POKAL?
- POKAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POKAL:
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