POPPYHEAD is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. POPPYHEAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POPPYHEAD?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POPPYHEAD is to know. It scores 22 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POPPYHEAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poppyheadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POPPYHEAD scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in POPPYHEAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 3 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. POPPYHEAD needs 1 blank tile.
What does POPPYHEAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A carved ornament on the top of the upright end of a church pew or bench.
Medieval woodcarvers often shaped each poppyhead into a leaf, flower or even a small face, and no two look alike. The name has nothing to do with the plant, since it likely comes from an old word for a knob or bump. In gardening the word can also mean the seed capsule of a poppy.
How POPPYHEAD is used
The word poppyhead appears in church architecture guides and in descriptions of old woodwork.
- Each pew ended in an intricately carved poppyhead.
- The guidebook praised the fifteenth-century poppyhead in the north aisle.
- A dried poppyhead rattled with seeds in the vase.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POPPYHEAD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POPPYHEAD
1 longer words begin with POPPYHEAD.
Shorter words from the letters in POPPYHEAD
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Common questions about POPPYHEAD
- Is POPPYHEAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POPPYHEAD, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POPPYHEAD worth?
- POPPYHEAD is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POPPYHEAD mean?
- A carved ornament on the top of the upright end of a church pew or bench.
- What letters can be added to POPPYHEAD?
- POPPYHEAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of POPPYHEAD:
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