POTBOY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. POTBOY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POTBOY?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POTBOY is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POTBOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
potboysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POTBOY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POTBOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 886,944.
What does POTBOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicalBritish
A boy or young man employed in a pub or tavern to serve drinks and clear away empty mugs.
In old English inns the potboy ran between the tables with tankards, took away empties and did odd jobs for the landlord. The first part of the word refers to the pot, the vessel in which ale was carried. It is a lowly position, and writers of earlier centuries often use it as a small touch of local colour in a tavern scene. Today the word belongs to history and period fiction.
How POTBOY is used
Historical; found mainly in older novels and accounts of inns.
- The potboy hurried across the room with three foaming tankards.
- A tired potboy swept the floor after the last customer left.
- Dickens fills his inns with landlords, maids and a sleepy potboy.
- The landlord sent the potboy to fetch more ale from the cellar.
- As a potboy he earned little but heard all the local gossip.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POTBOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POTBOY
1 longer words begin with POTBOY.
Shorter words from the letters in POTBOY
Common questions about POTBOY
- Is POTBOY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POTBOY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POTBOY worth?
- POTBOY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POTBOY mean?
- A boy or young man employed in a pub or tavern to serve drinks and clear away empty mugs.
- What letters can be added to POTBOY?
- POTBOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POTBOY:
Open POTBOY in the Word Finder