POKEWEED is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. POKEWEED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POKEWEED?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POKEWEED is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POKEWEED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pokeweedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POKEWEED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POKEWEED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POKEWEED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POKEWEED mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A tall North American plant with red stems, purple berries and a poisonous root.
Pokeweed grows wild along fences and in waste ground, and its dark berries stain fingers and fabric. Young shoots are cooked as a Southern dish after careful boiling, but the berries and roots of pokeweed are toxic if eaten raw.
How POKEWEED is used
Used in North American gardening, cooking and folk medicine.
- Pokeweed had taken over the corner of the abandoned field.
- The children were warned never to eat the berries of the pokeweed.
- Her grandmother cooked young pokeweed shoots in the spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POKEWEED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POKEWEED
1 longer words begin with POKEWEED.
Shorter words from the letters in POKEWEED
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Common questions about POKEWEED
- Is POKEWEED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POKEWEED, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POKEWEED worth?
- POKEWEED is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POKEWEED mean?
- A tall North American plant with red stems, purple berries and a poisonous root.
- What letters can be added to POKEWEED?
- POKEWEED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POKEWEED:
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