POMBE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. POMBE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POMBE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POMBE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POMBE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pombesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POMBE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POMBE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does POMBE mean in Scrabble?
noun
regional
An alcoholic drink made in East Africa by fermenting grain, bananas or other plant material.
Pombe comes from Swahili, where it names home-brewed beer rather than any single fixed recipe. Depending on the region and the season, brewers ferment millet, sorghum, maize or ripe bananas to make it, so pombe can taste quite different from one village to the next. English writers borrowed the word directly while describing East African life, and it has stayed close to that local, everyday sense.
How POMBE is used
Encountered mainly in writing about East Africa; not a household word outside that context.
- Villagers gathered in the evening to share a pot of pombe.
- The travellers were offered pombe brewed from ripe bananas.
- Pombe varies from village to village depending on what grain is on hand.
- He described the taste of pombe as sour and slightly fizzy.
- A jar of pombe was passed around at the celebration.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POMBE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POMBE
1 longer words begin with POMBE.
Shorter words from the letters in POMBE
Common questions about POMBE
- Is POMBE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POMBE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POMBE worth?
- POMBE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POMBE mean?
- An alcoholic drink made in East Africa by fermenting grain, bananas or other plant material.
- What letters can be added to POMBE?
- POMBE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POMBE:
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