POLTROONERY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. POLTROONERY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLTROONERY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLTROONERY is to know. It scores 16 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLTROONERY
No single letter turns POLTROONERY into another word.
How POLTROONERY scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in POLTROONERY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLTROONERY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POLTROONERY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Base cowardice and lack of spirit.
Poltroonery is a harsh old word for someone who runs from danger and has no backbone. Writers use it for scorn, often in stories of war and honor.
How POLTROONERY is used
Used in literary and historical writing, rarely in speech.
- The captain was accused of poltroonery after the retreat.
- He felt ashamed of his own poltroonery.
- Such poltroonery would have disgraced any knight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLTROONERY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in POLTROONERY
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Common questions about POLTROONERY
- Is POLTROONERY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLTROONERY, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLTROONERY worth?
- POLTROONERY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLTROONERY mean?
- Base cowardice and lack of spirit.
- What letters can be added to POLTROONERY?
- No single letter can be added to POLTROONERY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of POLTROONERY:
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