POTMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POTMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POTMAN?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POTMAN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POTMAN
No single letter turns POTMAN into another word.
How POTMAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POTMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What stands out about POTMAN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POTMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
British
A man employed in a pub or inn to carry drinks, collect empty glasses and help serve the customers.
The potman takes his name from the pot, an old word for a drinking vessel or a measure of ale. In older English taverns he was the assistant who fetched pots to tables and cleared away empties, a step below the landlord and the barman. The word is now chiefly British and largely historical, though it still appears in novels and in accounts of Victorian pub life.
How POTMAN is used
British and mostly historical; the plural is potmen.
- The potman collected the empty glasses from every table.
- A young potman carried the beer out to the garden.
- The landlord paid the potman a small wage and his meals.
- In the novel the potman overhears the whole quarrel.
- Every evening the potman swept the floor of the taproom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POTMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POTMAN
The 6 tiles of POTMAN in a different order — 2 found.
Shorter words from the letters in POTMAN
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Common questions about POTMAN
- Is POTMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POTMAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POTMAN worth?
- POTMAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POTMAN mean?
- A man employed in a pub or inn to carry drinks, collect empty glasses and help serve the customers.
- What letters can be added to POTMAN?
- No single letter can be added to POTMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POTMAN:
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