POO is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. POO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POO?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POO is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 10 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POO
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POO scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in POO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,888.
What does POO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Excrement — a mild childish word for it.
Poo is nursery language that adults simply kept, and it does a job the blunt words cannot: it lets the subject be raised without any heat. British English prefers it, while American English puts poop in the same place.
How POO is used
Noun and verb. Informal but not offensive.
- A bag for the dog poo and nowhere to put it.
- The word poo is nursery language that adults kept.
- The baby pooed twice on the way to the clinic.
- Americans say poop where the British say poo.
- Poo is the word you use when you want no argument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POO
The 3 tiles of POO in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POO
Showing 24 of 106 words that begin with POO.
Words ending in POO
9 words end in POO. Useful as a back hook: play POO onto a word already on the board.
Words with POO inside
Showing 24 of 179 words that contain POO somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POO
Common questions about POO
- Is POO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POO, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POO worth?
- POO is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POO mean?
- Excrement — a mild childish word for it.
- What letters can be added to POO?
- POO takes 10 hooks: 0 in front and 10 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of POO:
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