POSSIBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POSSIBLE 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 POSSIBLE?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POSSIBLE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POSSIBLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POSSIBLE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POSSIBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POSSIBLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POSSIBLE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Able to happen, be done or be true.
Possible describes whatever lies within the limits of what can occur, without promising that it will. It pairs readily with superlatives to mean the greatest extent available, and it has an opposite in "impossible".
How POSSIBLE is used
Possible can follow a superlative, as in the best possible result, or stand alone after a verb.
- It is possible to cross the river at low tide.
- We chose the quickest possible route.
- Several possible explanations were offered.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POSSIBLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POSSIBLE
3 longer words begin with POSSIBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in POSSIBLE
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Common questions about POSSIBLE
- Is POSSIBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POSSIBLE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POSSIBLE worth?
- POSSIBLE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POSSIBLE mean?
- Able to happen, be done or be true.
- What letters can be added to POSSIBLE?
- POSSIBLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POSSIBLE:
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