POM is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. POM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POM?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POM is to know. It scores 7 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POM
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POM scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in POM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,053.
What does POM mean in Scrabble?
noun
Australian
An English person, in Australian and New Zealand speech.
Pom is short for pommy, and where that came from has never been settled: pomegranate, an acronym and several other stories all have supporters and none has evidence. The tone ranges from affectionate to hostile depending entirely on what comes before it.
How POM is used
Countable: a pom, two poms. Chiefly Australian.
- The pom in the office had never seen a snake.
- A pom who stays ten years is still a pom.
- Nobody agrees where the word pom came from.
- Two poms and an Australian arguing about cricket.
- The word pom is affectionate or not depending on the adjective.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POM and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POM
The 3 tiles of POM in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POM
Showing 24 of 101 words that begin with POM.
Words with POM inside
Showing 24 of 78 words that contain POM somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POM are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POM
Common questions about POM
- Is POM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POM, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POM worth?
- POM is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POM mean?
- An English person, in Australian and New Zealand speech.
- What letters can be added to POM?
- POM takes 5 hooks: 0 in front and 5 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of POM:
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