POSSET is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. POSSET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POSSET?
| 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 POSSET is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSSET
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
possetsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POSSET scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POSSET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What stands out about POSSET
- The same 6 tiles also spell 5 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POSSET mean in Scrabble?
noun
A drink of hot milk curdled with wine, ale, or another alcohol and flavoured with spices; also a modern chilled dessert of thickened, sweetened cream.
A traditional posset was drunk hot as a remedy for colds or simply as a treat, made by pouring wine or ale into hot milk until it curdled into a soft, spiced mixture. The same name now belongs to a completely different modern dessert, a lemon posset, made by thickening cream and sugar with citrus juice and chilling it until set. Both dishes share only the name and the idea of curdled or thickened dairy, centuries apart in how they were made and served.
How POSSET is used
The hot drink is now historical, while the chilled dessert version, especially lemon posset, remains current on British menus.
- Guests were served a warm posset before bed on cold nights.
- The recipe for the old posset called for spiced ale and cream.
- She finished the meal with a small lemon posset.
- The dessert menu listed a raspberry posset alongside the tarts.
- Cookbooks from past centuries describe posset as both food and medicine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSSET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POSSET
The 6 tiles of POSSET in a different order — 5 found.
Words starting with POSSET
3 longer words begin with POSSET.
Shorter words from the letters in POSSET
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Common questions about POSSET
- Is POSSET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSSET, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSSET worth?
- POSSET is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSSET mean?
- A drink of hot milk curdled with wine, ale, or another alcohol and flavoured with spices; also a modern chilled dessert of thickened, sweetened cream.
- What letters can be added to POSSET?
- POSSET takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POSSET:
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