POTHERB is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. POTHERB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POTHERB?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POTHERB is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POTHERB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
potherbsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POTHERB scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POTHERB, 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 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 578,977.
What does POTHERB mean in Scrabble?
noun
Any plant whose leaves, stems or flowers are cooked and eaten as a vegetable or used to season food.
Spinach, chard, dandelion greens and sorrel are classic examples of a potherb, boiled or stewed in the pot rather than eaten raw. Gardeners of old kept a separate bed for potherbs next to the salad plants.
How POTHERB is used
The word potherb sounds a little old-fashioned and is common in gardening and cookery books.
- Mustard greens are a hardy potherb in the autumn garden.
- Grandmother boiled every potherb she could gather from the field.
- The book lists wild plants that serve as a potherb.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POTHERB and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POTHERB
1 longer words begin with POTHERB.
Shorter words from the letters in POTHERB
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Common questions about POTHERB
- Is POTHERB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POTHERB, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POTHERB worth?
- POTHERB is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POTHERB mean?
- Any plant whose leaves, stems or flowers are cooked and eaten as a vegetable or used to season food.
- What letters can be added to POTHERB?
- POTHERB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POTHERB:
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