POLICIER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POLICIER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLICIER?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLICIER is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLICIER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
policiersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLICIER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POLICIER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLICIER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POLICIER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A film or novel about a police investigation of a crime.
Policier is a French loanword that film critics use for the crime-detection genre, especially from France and Italy. It stresses the work of the investigators more than the thrill of the crime.
How POLICIER is used
Policier is a borrowed word used in film criticism.
- The festival showed a classic French policier from the 1960s.
- This policier follows a detective through the night streets of Paris.
- Critics praised the policier for its patient storytelling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLICIER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLICIER
1 longer words begin with POLICIER.
Shorter words from the letters in POLICIER
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Common questions about POLICIER
- Is POLICIER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLICIER, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLICIER worth?
- POLICIER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLICIER mean?
- A film or novel about a police investigation of a crime.
- What letters can be added to POLICIER?
- POLICIER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POLICIER:
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