PORTABLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PORTABLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PORTABLE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PORTABLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORTABLE
Front hooks — 1
sportableBack hooks — 1
portablesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PORTABLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PORTABLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PORTABLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PORTABLE
- All 8 letters of PORTABLE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PORTABLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Easy to carry or move from place to place.
Portable goods are built light or compact enough for a person to take along, from radios to chargers. In software the word also means a program or file that works on different systems without changes.
How PORTABLE is used
Portable can describe equipment, and it also appears in phrases such as portable skills or portable data.
- She packed a portable speaker for the picnic.
- A portable heater kept the workshop warm.
- Their pension is portable, so it moves with them to a new job.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORTABLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PORTABLE
1 longer words begin with PORTABLE.
Shorter words from the letters in PORTABLE
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Common questions about PORTABLE
- Is PORTABLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PORTABLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PORTABLE worth?
- PORTABLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORTABLE mean?
- Easy to carry or move from place to place.
- What letters can be added to PORTABLE?
- PORTABLE takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PORTABLE:
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