POKEROOT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POKEROOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POKEROOT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POKEROOT is to know. It scores 14 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POKEROOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pokerootsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POKEROOT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POKEROOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POKEROOT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POKEROOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
North Americanbotany
A tall North American plant with purple berries and a poisonous root once used in medicine.
Pokeroot refers to the root, but the name often covers the whole plant, Phytolacca americana. Its young shoots were boiled as greens, yet the older leaves, berries and root are toxic if eaten raw.
How POKEROOT is used
Pokeroot appears in folk medicine, foraging and American botany.
- Grandmother boiled the pokeroot shoots twice to make them safe.
- Birds feast on the pokeroot berries in autumn.
- Herbal books warned that raw pokeroot can cause severe sickness.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POKEROOT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POKEROOT
1 longer words begin with POKEROOT.
Shorter words from the letters in POKEROOT
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Common questions about POKEROOT
- Is POKEROOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POKEROOT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POKEROOT worth?
- POKEROOT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POKEROOT mean?
- A tall North American plant with purple berries and a poisonous root once used in medicine.
- What letters can be added to POKEROOT?
- POKEROOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POKEROOT:
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