POLY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. POLY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLY
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POLY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does POLY mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A polytechnic, from the years when Britain had them.
Between 1965 and 1992 there were two kinds of higher education in the country, and the poly was the practical half: engineering, art, applied science, more part-time students and less research. They all became universities in 1992, so the word now dates a speaker precisely — anybody who says poly is remembering a system that no longer exists.
How POLY is used
Countable: a poly, two polys. Elsewhere it is a clipping of polyester or polythene instead.
- He did his degree at the poly and never pretended otherwise.
- The poly became a university in 1992 and changed its name twice more.
- Half the town worked at the poly or was taught there.
- She talks about the poly the way people talk about a first job.
- The old poly buildings are still the ugliest in the city.
- Nobody under forty remembers what a poly was.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLY and 6 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POLY
The 4 tiles of POLY in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POLY
Showing 24 of 567 words that begin with POLY.
Words ending in POLY
5 words end in POLY. Useful as a back hook: play POLY onto a word already on the board.
Words with POLY inside
Showing 24 of 51 words that contain POLY somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POLY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POLY
Common questions about POLY
- Is POLY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLY worth?
- POLY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLY mean?
- A polytechnic, from the years when Britain had them.
- What letters can be added to POLY?
- POLY takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POLY:
Open POLY in the Word Finder