PONGAL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PONGAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PONGAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PONGAL is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PONGAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pongalsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PONGAL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PONGAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does PONGAL mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A South Indian dish of rice cooked with lentils, and also the Tamil harvest festival at which rice is boiled in new pots.
Pongal means boiling over in Tamil, and the festival gets its name from the custom of letting milk and rice bubble over the rim of a new pot as a sign of plenty. It falls in mid-January and lasts several days, thanking the sun and the cattle for the harvest. The dish itself comes in sweet and salted versions and is eaten for breakfast or as an offering.
How PONGAL is used
Used in Indian English for both the festival and the rice dish.
- We ate hot pongal with chutney for breakfast.
- The village celebrates pongal each January.
- She stirred the pongal until the milk boiled over.
- A sweet pongal was offered at the temple.
- Families clean their houses before pongal begins.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PONGAL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PONGAL
1 longer words begin with PONGAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PONGAL
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Common questions about PONGAL
- Is PONGAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PONGAL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PONGAL worth?
- PONGAL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PONGAL mean?
- A South Indian dish of rice cooked with lentils, and also the Tamil harvest festival at which rice is boiled in new pots.
- What letters can be added to PONGAL?
- PONGAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PONGAL:
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