PORNO is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PORNO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PORNO?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PORNO is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORNO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pornosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PORNO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PORNO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 37,345.
What does PORNO mean in Scrabble?
noun
offensive
Pornography, or a piece of it — in casual speech.
Porno is the clipped form and it is neither technical nor coarse: it names a genre much as sci-fi does, and it turns up in criticism and in law reporting alike. The full term came into English in the nineteenth century from Greek, and porno is a twentieth-century convenience rather than a judgement on anything.
How PORNO is used
Countable and uncountable — a porno, the porno industry. Informal, and not in itself abusive.
- The court used the full term and the coverage used porno.
- A film described as porno is being placed rather than judged.
- The word porno is a clipping and not an insult.
- Broadcasters avoid porno before nine and allow it after.
- Style guides treat porno as informal rather than obscene.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORNO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PORNO
14 longer words begin with PORNO.
Words with PORNO inside
4 words contain PORNO in the middle. Words that start with PORNO are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PORNO
Common questions about PORNO
- Is PORNO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PORNO, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PORNO worth?
- PORNO is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORNO mean?
- Pornography, or a piece of it — in casual speech.
- What letters can be added to PORNO?
- PORNO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PORNO:
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