POLLUTE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. POLLUTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLLUTE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLLUTE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLLUTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLLUTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POLLUTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does POLLUTE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To contaminate water, air or land with harmful or poisonous substances.
The verb pollute is most often heard in talk about the environment, but it also has a moral side: to defile or corrupt something pure. Factories, vehicles and careless dumping are the usual culprits in news reports.
How POLLUTE is used
Pollute is used for environmental damage and, more loosely, for corruption.
- The factory was fined for letting waste pollute the river.
- Exhaust fumes pollute the air along the main road.
- Rumours can pollute the mood of an entire office.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLLUTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLLUTE
7 longer words begin with POLLUTE.
Shorter words from the letters in POLLUTE
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Common questions about POLLUTE
- Is POLLUTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLLUTE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLLUTE worth?
- POLLUTE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLLUTE mean?
- To contaminate water, air or land with harmful or poisonous substances.
- What letters can be added to POLLUTE?
- POLLUTE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POLLUTE:
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