PONTOON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PONTOON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PONTOON?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PONTOON is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PONTOON
Front hooks — 1
spontoonBack hooks — 1
pontoonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PONTOON scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PONTOON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 3 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,588 thousand.
What does PONTOON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A flat-bottomed boat or hollow float used with others to support a temporary bridge or landing stage.
Armies have long used a pontoon to cross rivers quickly, laying boats side by side and covering them with planks. The word also names the floats fitted to a seaplane, and as a verb it means to cross by such means.
How PONTOON is used
Pontoon is used for floating supports, bridges and seaplane floats.
- Engineers built a pontoon across the river overnight.
- The seaplane rested on a pair of pontoon floats.
- We walked out along the pontoon to reach the boat.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PONTOON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PONTOON
5 longer words begin with PONTOON.
Shorter words from the letters in PONTOON
Common questions about PONTOON
- Is PONTOON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PONTOON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PONTOON worth?
- PONTOON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PONTOON mean?
- A flat-bottomed boat or hollow float used with others to support a temporary bridge or landing stage.
- What letters can be added to PONTOON?
- PONTOON takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PONTOON:
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