POLL is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. POLL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLL?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLL is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POLL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 40,846.
What does POLL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A survey of opinion taken by asking a number of people the same question, or the record of votes cast in an election.
A poll gathers the views or votes of many separate people so that the results can be counted and compared. This is why newspapers speak of an opinion poll before an election and officials speak of the poll itself on voting day.
How POLL is used
Common in politics and journalism; also used as a verb, to poll people about something.
- The newspaper commissioned a poll to see who would win the election.
- Voters lined up early at the poll to cast their ballots.
- The latest poll showed the two candidates almost tied.
- Organizers will poll customers about the new packaging.
- Turnout at the poll was higher than expected this year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLL
Showing 24 of 116 words that begin with POLL.
Words ending in POLL
9 words end in POLL. Useful as a back hook: play POLL onto a word already on the board.
Words with POLL inside
Showing 24 of 42 words that contain POLL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POLL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POLL
Common questions about POLL
- Is POLL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLL, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLL worth?
- POLL is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLL mean?
- A survey of opinion taken by asking a number of people the same question, or the record of votes cast in an election.
- What letters can be added to POLL?
- POLL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POLL:
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