POUNDAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POUNDAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POUNDAGE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POUNDAGE is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POUNDAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
poundagesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POUNDAGE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in POUNDAGE, 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 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so POUNDAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about POUNDAGE
- All 8 letters of POUNDAGE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does POUNDAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A charge or commission calculated for each pound in weight or in money.
Historically poundage was a fee taken per pound sterling on trade or a payment for stray animals kept in a pound. In casual speech it can also mean overall weight, especially when someone has too much of it.
How POUNDAGE is used
Poundage appears in finance and history, and informally for body weight.
- The agent took a poundage on every sale.
- Kings once collected poundage on imported goods.
- He worked off the extra poundage over the summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POUNDAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POUNDAGE
1 longer words begin with POUNDAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in POUNDAGE
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Common questions about POUNDAGE
- Is POUNDAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POUNDAGE, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POUNDAGE worth?
- POUNDAGE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POUNDAGE mean?
- A charge or commission calculated for each pound in weight or in money.
- What letters can be added to POUNDAGE?
- POUNDAGE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of POUNDAGE:
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