PONDWEED is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PONDWEED is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PONDWEED?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PONDWEED is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PONDWEED
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pondweedsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PONDWEED scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PONDWEED, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PONDWEED has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PONDWEED mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A freshwater plant that grows submerged or with floating leaves in ponds and slow rivers.
Pondweed gives fish cover and oxygen, but a thick mat of it can choke a small pond. Many species belong to one genus, and they are hard to tell apart without flowers.
How PONDWEED is used
Used in gardening, angling and freshwater biology.
- Green pondweed covered most of the shallow pond.
- Fish hid among the pondweed near the bank.
- The volunteers pulled out pondweed to clear the channel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PONDWEED and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PONDWEED
1 longer words begin with PONDWEED.
Shorter words from the letters in PONDWEED
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Common questions about PONDWEED
- Is PONDWEED valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PONDWEED, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PONDWEED worth?
- PONDWEED is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PONDWEED mean?
- A freshwater plant that grows submerged or with floating leaves in ponds and slow rivers.
- What letters can be added to PONDWEED?
- PONDWEED takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PONDWEED:
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