PONDEROUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PONDEROUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PONDEROUS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PONDEROUS is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PONDEROUS
No single letter turns PONDEROUS into another word.
How PONDEROUS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PONDEROUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PONDEROUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PONDEROUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Heavy and slow-moving, or dull and laboured in manner.
A ponderous elephant lumbers, and a ponderous speech drags on with too much weight and too little life. The word is rarely a compliment, since it implies effort without grace.
How PONDEROUS is used
Used for clumsy movement and for heavy, tedious writing or speech.
- The ponderous lorry crawled up the hill.
- His ponderous prose made the report hard to finish.
- She walked with slow, ponderous steps across the hall.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PONDEROUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PONDEROUS
3 longer words begin with PONDEROUS.
Shorter words from the letters in PONDEROUS
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Common questions about PONDEROUS
- Is PONDEROUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PONDEROUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PONDEROUS worth?
- PONDEROUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PONDEROUS mean?
- Heavy and slow-moving, or dull and laboured in manner.
- What letters can be added to PONDEROUS?
- No single letter can be added to PONDEROUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PONDEROUS:
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