POLJE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 14 points
It depends on the list you play by. POLJE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 14 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept POLJE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLJE is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLJE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poljesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLJE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POLJE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| j | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What stands out about POLJE
- The letters of POLJE run in reverse alphabetical order.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POLJE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A large, flat-floored depression found in karst limestone regions, sometimes holding a lake or marsh.
A polje is a broad, level basin that forms in karst landscapes where limestone has dissolved over a long time, leaving steep walls around a flat floor. These basins often flood seasonally, creating a temporary lake or marsh before draining away through underground channels. The term comes from Slavic languages and is widely used in geology to describe such features in the Balkans and similar terrain elsewhere.
How POLJE is used
Technical geological term, used mainly in scientific and geographic descriptions of karst landscapes.
- Farmers planted crops on the flat floor of the polje each summer.
- The polje filled with water after weeks of heavy rain.
- Geologists studied how the polje drained through hidden sinkholes.
- Villages have grown for centuries around the edge of the polje.
- The guide pointed out the steep cliffs surrounding the polje.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLJE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLJE
1 longer words begin with POLJE.
Shorter words from the letters in POLJE
Common questions about POLJE
- Is POLJE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLJE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLJE worth?
- POLJE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLJE mean?
- A large, flat-floored depression found in karst limestone regions, sometimes holding a lake or marsh.
- What letters can be added to POLJE?
- POLJE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POLJE:
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