POLYWATER is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. POLYWATER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POLYWATER?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POLYWATER is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POLYWATER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
polywatersChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POLYWATER scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in POLYWATER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POLYWATER has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about POLYWATER
- All 9 letters of POLYWATER are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POLYWATER mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A supposed new form of water, once believed to have unusual properties, that proved to be an illusion.
In the 1960s some scientists reported that water in very narrow tubes behaved strangely, and the press called it polywater. Later work showed that tiny impurities were responsible, so the episode is now a standard warning about careful experiments.
How POLYWATER is used
Mentioned in the history of science as an example of a mistaken discovery.
- The polywater scare ended when the samples were found to be contaminated.
- Textbooks cite polywater as a lesson in scientific caution.
- Newspapers once warned that polywater could swallow the oceans.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POLYWATER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POLYWATER
1 longer words begin with POLYWATER.
Shorter words from the letters in POLYWATER
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Common questions about POLYWATER
- Is POLYWATER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POLYWATER, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POLYWATER worth?
- POLYWATER is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POLYWATER mean?
- A supposed new form of water, once believed to have unusual properties, that proved to be an illusion.
- What letters can be added to POLYWATER?
- POLYWATER takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of POLYWATER:
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