POTHER is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. POTHER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POTHER?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POTHER is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POTHER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POTHER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POTHER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does POTHER mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A noisy fuss or disturbance, usually over something that does not merit it.
Writers pick pother when they want to suggest a stir that is out of proportion to its cause, a bustle of excitement or worry. The word has been in English since the sixteenth century and its origin is unknown. It can also be a verb meaning to fuss or trouble someone.
How POTHER is used
Literary and a little old-fashioned; often in the phrase "all this pother".
- I cannot see why they make such a pother about it.
- The pother over the missing hat lasted all morning.
- In all the pother, no one noticed the door open.
- He wrote that the whole pother was a storm in a teacup.
- There was a great pother when the guests arrived early.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POTHER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POTHER
The 6 tiles of POTHER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POTHER
8 longer words begin with POTHER.
Shorter words from the letters in POTHER
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Common questions about POTHER
- Is POTHER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POTHER, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POTHER worth?
- POTHER is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POTHER mean?
- A noisy fuss or disturbance, usually over something that does not merit it.
- What letters can be added to POTHER?
- POTHER takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POTHER:
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