POTTAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. POTTAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POTTAGE?
| 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 POTTAGE is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POTTAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pottagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POTTAGE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in POTTAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 205,859.
What does POTTAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A thick soup or stew of vegetables, sometimes with meat.
Pottage was the everyday meal of medieval households, simmered in one pot for hours. The famous biblical story of a mess of pottage traded for a birthright keeps the word alive.
How POTTAGE is used
Pottage sounds old-fashioned today and appears mostly in history and scripture.
- The peasants ate pottage with coarse bread.
- A pot of pottage bubbled over the fire.
- He sold his inheritance for a bowl of pottage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POTTAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POTTAGE
1 longer words begin with POTTAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in POTTAGE
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Common questions about POTTAGE
- Is POTTAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POTTAGE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POTTAGE worth?
- POTTAGE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POTTAGE mean?
- A thick soup or stew of vegetables, sometimes with meat.
- What letters can be added to POTTAGE?
- POTTAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of POTTAGE:
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