POUND is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. POUND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POUND?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POUND is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POUND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poundsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POUND scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POUND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 49,015.
What does POUND mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit of weight in the imperial system equal to sixteen ounces, or the basic unit of money in the United Kingdom and several other countries.
A pound of weight, abbreviated lb, traces back to an ancient Roman measure and still governs how meat, flour and produce are sold across parts of the English-speaking world despite the wider adoption of the metric system. The pound sterling, marked with the symbol £, has served as the currency of Britain for over a thousand years and now also names the pound used in countries from Egypt to Lebanon, each with its own value. Pound additionally works as a verb, meaning to strike something again and again with heavy force, as when someone pounds on a locked door. A pound can also be an enclosure where stray animals or illegally parked vehicles are held until claimed.
How POUND is used
Common across everyday speech, describing a unit of weight, a unit of currency, a verb for repeated heavy striking, and an enclosure for stray animals.
- The recipe called for a pound of flour and two eggs.
- He paid twenty pounds for the secondhand bicycle.
- Waves continued to pound against the rocky shore.
- The dog was taken to the local pound after it wandered off.
- She could hear her heart pound with excitement before the race.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POUND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POUND
12 longer words begin with POUND.
Words ending in POUND
9 words end in POUND. Useful as a back hook: play POUND onto a word already on the board.
Words with POUND inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain POUND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with POUND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in POUND
Common questions about POUND
- Is POUND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POUND, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POUND worth?
- POUND is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POUND mean?
- A unit of weight in the imperial system equal to sixteen ounces, or the basic unit of money in the United Kingdom and several other countries.
- What letters can be added to POUND?
- POUND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POUND:
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