POOD is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. POOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POOD?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POOD is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POOD scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,505.
What does POOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A traditional Russian unit of weight equal to about 16.38 kilograms.
A pood was once the standard measure for grain, iron, and other bulk goods across the Russian Empire, roughly the weight of a large sack of flour. The unit fell out of official use after the Soviet Union adopted the metric system.
How POOD is used
Occasionally still mentioned in older texts on Russian history or in kettlebell training.
- The merchant weighed the grain by the pood.
- Old records list the harvest in pood rather than kilograms.
- A single pood of iron was hauled to the forge.
- Kettlebells were once cast to weigh exactly one pood.
- Historians converted each pood into modern metric units.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POOD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POOD
3 longer words begin with POOD.
Shorter words from the letters in POOD
Common questions about POOD
- Is POOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POOD, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POOD worth?
- POOD is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POOD mean?
- A traditional Russian unit of weight equal to about 16.38 kilograms.
- What letters can be added to POOD?
- POOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POOD:
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