POWIN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. POWIN is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept POWIN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful POWIN is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for POWIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
powinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How POWIN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in POWIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 43,569.
What does POWIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
Scots
A Scots dialect word for a peacock, found chiefly in old glossaries.
Powin turns up in old Scots word lists as the local name for the bird more widely known as the peacock, and it shares a root with the alternative spelling pown, used in the same dialect. Today it survives mainly in dialect dictionaries and older Scots writing rather than in everyday speech. The standard English word peacock has replaced it almost everywhere else.
How POWIN is used
Dialect; found chiefly in older Scots texts and word lists rather than current speech.
- The old rhyme names the powin among the birds in the yard.
- A powin strutted across the lawn in the illustration.
- The word powin is glossed simply as peacock in most Scots dictionaries.
- Few speakers under a certain age would recognise powin at all.
- The tapestry showed a powin with its tail spread wide.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of POWIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with POWIN
1 longer words begin with POWIN.
Shorter words from the letters in POWIN
Common questions about POWIN
- Is POWIN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and POWIN is not in it.
- How many points is POWIN worth?
- POWIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does POWIN mean?
- A Scots dialect word for a peacock, found chiefly in old glossaries.
- What letters can be added to POWIN?
- POWIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of POWIN:
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