POLICEWOMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 20 points
Yes. POLICEWOMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 20 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLICEWOMAN?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLICEWOMAN is to know. It scores 20 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLICEWOMAN
No single letter turns POLICEWOMAN into another word.
How POLICEWOMAN scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in POLICEWOMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLICEWOMAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POLICEWOMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A woman who is a member of a police force.
A policewoman does the same job as any officer, though the gendered word has been giving way to police officer. It still appears in older reports and in everyday talk.
How POLICEWOMAN is used
Dated in formal use; police officer is now preferred.
- A policewoman directed the traffic at the corner.
- The policewoman took a statement from the witness.
- He became the first policewoman's son in the village to join the force.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLICEWOMAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in POLICEWOMAN
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Common questions about POLICEWOMAN
- Is POLICEWOMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLICEWOMAN, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLICEWOMAN worth?
- POLICEWOMAN is worth 20 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLICEWOMAN mean?
- A woman who is a member of a police force.
- What letters can be added to POLICEWOMAN?
- No single letter can be added to POLICEWOMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of POLICEWOMAN:
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