POTATION is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POTATION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POTATION?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POTATION is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POTATION
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
potationsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POTATION scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POTATION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POTATION has to be built on the board across turns.
What does POTATION mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The act of drinking, or a drink, especially an alcoholic one.
Potation has a bookish, slightly humorous air and often turns up in descriptions of feasts or long evenings. A potation can be a single drink or the habit of drinking heavily.
How POTATION is used
Potation is formal or playful, seldom used in plain speech.
- He raised a final potation to the host.
- Their evening potations lasted until midnight.
- The monks brewed a strong potation for festivals.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POTATION and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POTATION
1 longer words begin with POTATION.
Shorter words from the letters in POTATION
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Common questions about POTATION
- Is POTATION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POTATION, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POTATION worth?
- POTATION is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POTATION mean?
- The act of drinking, or a drink, especially an alcoholic one.
- What letters can be added to POTATION?
- POTATION takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POTATION:
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