POLLARD is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POLLARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLLARD?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLLARD is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLLARD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pollardsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLLARD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POLLARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does POLLARD mean in Scrabble?
verb
To cut off the top and branches of a tree so that it grows a dense head of new shoots.
Gardeners pollard willows and limes to keep them small and to harvest the thin new stems. As a noun, a pollard is the tree treated this way, or an animal that has lost its horns.
How POLLARD is used
Pollard is a forestry and gardening term, common in old English woodland management.
- They pollard the willows every winter.
- A pollard lime stood in the churchyard.
- The farmer chose to pollard the oaks for firewood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLLARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLLARD
3 longer words begin with POLLARD.
Shorter words from the letters in POLLARD
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Common questions about POLLARD
- Is POLLARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLLARD, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLLARD worth?
- POLLARD is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLLARD mean?
- To cut off the top and branches of a tree so that it grows a dense head of new shoots.
- What letters can be added to POLLARD?
- POLLARD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POLLARD:
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