POLITE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. POLITE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLITE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLITE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLITE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
politerChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How POLITE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POLITE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 28,744.
What does POLITE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Showing good manners and consideration for other people in one's speech and behaviour.
Being polite means following the small everyday courtesies a culture expects, such as saying please and thank you, waiting one's turn, or listening without interrupting, even toward someone a person does not particularly like. The word can also describe entire groups, as in polite society, meaning people who value refined manners and careful speech above bluntness. Politeness is judged by local custom rather than by a fixed rule, so what counts as polite in one country can look distant or even rude in another.
How POLITE is used
Extremely common in everyday speech to praise good manners or, in phrases like polite society, to describe a refined social group.
- It costs nothing to be polite to the waiter.
- She gave a polite nod and changed the subject.
- Polite conversation avoided any mention of money or politics.
- He remained polite even after the insult.
- A polite request usually gets a better answer than a demand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLITE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POLITE
The 6 tiles of POLITE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POLITE
7 longer words begin with POLITE.
Shorter words from the letters in POLITE
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Common questions about POLITE
- Is POLITE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLITE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLITE worth?
- POLITE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLITE mean?
- Showing good manners and consideration for other people in one's speech and behaviour.
- What letters can be added to POLITE?
- POLITE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POLITE:
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