POUF is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. POUF is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POUF?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POUF is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POUF
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POUF scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in POUF, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,635.
What does POUF mean in Scrabble?
noun
A soft padded stool without a back.
Pouf is French and names both the stool and an eighteenth-century way of dressing hair extremely high. A separate and offensive British sense about a gay man is unrelated to either.
How POUF is used
Countable. A separate British sense is offensive.
- A pouf in the corner that nobody ever sits on.
- The word pouf is French and covers two things.
- Two poufs and one very small room.
- A pouf was also a way of dressing hair very high.
- A separate sense of pouf is offensive and unrelated.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POUF and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POUF
12 longer words begin with POUF.
Shorter words from the letters in POUF
Common questions about POUF
- Is POUF valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POUF, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POUF worth?
- POUF is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POUF mean?
- A soft padded stool without a back.
- What letters can be added to POUF?
- POUF takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of POUF:
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