POPPY is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POPPY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POPPY?
| 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 POPPY is to know. It scores 14 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POPPY
No single letter turns POPPY into another word.
How POPPY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POPPY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 3 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. POPPY needs 1 blank tile.
What does POPPY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A plant with large, brightly coloured flowers, one species of which yields opium.
A poppy is a herbaceous plant known for its thin, papery petals and bold colours such as red, orange or purple. One particular species, the opium poppy, produces a milky sap used to make opium and related drugs like morphine and codeine. In many countries the red poppy is also worn each year as a symbol of remembrance for war veterans.
How POPPY is used
Common in everyday speech about flowers and gardens, and in the specific cultural sense of a remembrance symbol.
- Fields of red poppy flowers stretched across the hillside in June.
- She pinned a paper poppy to her coat before the ceremony.
- The gardener planted poppy seeds along the sunny border.
- Opium is extracted from the sap of a particular poppy species.
- Wind scattered the poppy petals across the meadow path.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POPPY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POPPY
5 longer words begin with POPPY.
Shorter words from the letters in POPPY
Common questions about POPPY
- Is POPPY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POPPY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POPPY worth?
- POPPY is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POPPY mean?
- A plant with large, brightly coloured flowers, one species of which yields opium.
- What letters can be added to POPPY?
- No single letter can be added to POPPY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POPPY:
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