POLICE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POLICE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLICE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLICE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLICE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLICE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POLICE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does POLICE mean in Scrabble?
noun
The organized body of officers whose job is to prevent crime, catch offenders and keep public order.
Police is treated as a plural in most uses, so one says the police are coming, and a single member is called an officer or a constable. The word reached English from French and goes back to a Greek term for the running of a city. It also works as a verb, as in to police a border, where it means to keep watch over and enforce rules. Military police, a separate body inside an army, handle discipline among soldiers.
How POLICE is used
Very common; takes a plural verb, and can be modified as in transport police or military police.
- The police arrived within five minutes of the call.
- A witness gave a statement to the police on Tuesday.
- Local police have closed the road because of the flooding.
- He dreamed of joining the police after finishing school.
- The transport police patrol the station every night.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLICE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLICE
8 longer words begin with POLICE.
Shorter words from the letters in POLICE
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Common questions about POLICE
- Is POLICE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLICE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLICE worth?
- POLICE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLICE mean?
- The organized body of officers whose job is to prevent crime, catch offenders and keep public order.
- What letters can be added to POLICE?
- POLICE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POLICE:
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