POWDER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. POWDER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept POWDER?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POWDER is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POWDER
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POWDER scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in POWDER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 129,346.
What does POWDER mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dry substance made up of very fine loose particles, produced by grinding, crushing or crumbling a solid.
Flour, chalk dust, cocoa and talc are all familiar powders, and the word also covers medicines taken as a dry dose and the cosmetic dusted on the face. Gunpowder, often shortened to powder, was the explosive that old muskets and cannons used. Skiers use the word for loose, freshly fallen snow, and as a verb it means to turn something into powder or to dust it with the stuff.
How POWDER is used
Very common; also a verb, as in "powder your nose" or "powdered sugar".
- Stir a spoonful of the powder into warm milk.
- The soldiers kept their powder dry during the crossing.
- She dabbed a little powder on her cheeks before the photo.
- Fresh powder covered the slopes after the overnight storm.
- The old stone crumbles into powder when you rub it.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POWDER and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of POWDER
The 6 tiles of POWDER in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with POWDER
13 longer words begin with POWDER.
Shorter words from the letters in POWDER
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Common questions about POWDER
- Is POWDER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts POWDER, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is POWDER worth?
- POWDER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POWDER mean?
- A dry substance made up of very fine loose particles, produced by grinding, crushing or crumbling a solid.
- What letters can be added to POWDER?
- POWDER takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of POWDER:
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