POL is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. POL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POL?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POL is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POL scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in POL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does POL mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A politician, especially a professional one.
Pol is American, clipped from politician, and it belongs to newspaper headlines rather than to speech. It carries a faint weariness: calling somebody a pol suggests the job is a trade like any other, and not a calling.
How POL is used
Countable: a pol, two pols. Chiefly American journalism.
- A pol who has been in the same seat for thirty years.
- The word pol is clipped from politician.
- Two pols and a photographer on the courthouse steps.
- Headlines use pol because it is three letters long.
- Calling somebody a pol is not quite a compliment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POL
The 3 tiles of POL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POL
Showing 24 of 934 words that begin with POL.
Words ending in POL
3 words end in POL. Useful as a back hook: play POL onto a word already on the board.
Words with POL inside
Showing 24 of 600 words that contain POL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POL
Common questions about POL
- Is POL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POL, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POL worth?
- POL is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POL mean?
- A politician, especially a professional one.
- What letters can be added to POL?
- POL takes 7 hooks: 0 in front and 7 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of POL:
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