POTLUCK is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. POTLUCK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POTLUCK?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POTLUCK is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POTLUCK
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
potlucksChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POTLUCK scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POTLUCK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 5,211 thousand.
What does POTLUCK mean in Scrabble?
noun
A meal to which each guest brings a dish to share.
Potluck started out meaning whatever food happened to be in the pot for an unexpected visitor. Today a potluck is a planned gathering built on contributions rather than a single host's cooking. The older sense survives in the phrase take potluck, meaning accept whatever is available.
How POTLUCK is used
Potluck is used for community dinners and office lunches, and in take potluck for accepting what chance offers.
- Everyone on the street brought a casserole to the potluck.
- We hold a potluck in the church hall every month.
- You are welcome to take potluck with us tonight.
- The office potluck ended with five kinds of dessert.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POTLUCK and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POTLUCK
The 7 tiles of POTLUCK in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POTLUCK
1 longer words begin with POTLUCK.
Shorter words from the letters in POTLUCK
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Common questions about POTLUCK
- Is POTLUCK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POTLUCK, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POTLUCK worth?
- POTLUCK is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POTLUCK mean?
- A meal to which each guest brings a dish to share.
- What letters can be added to POTLUCK?
- POTLUCK takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POTLUCK:
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