PUBCO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. PUBCO 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 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PUBCO?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUBCO is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUBCO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pubcosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PUBCO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PUBCO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 294,092.
What does PUBCO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
A company that owns and operates a chain of public houses.
A pubco leases its buildings to individual landlords rather than running each pub itself, and it sets the terms under which beer is bought and rent is paid. The word is a business-press shortening of public house company, common since large groups took over most British pub freeholds in the 1990s.
How PUBCO is used
Used mainly in British trade and financial writing about the licensed drinks trade.
- The landlord blamed the pubco for the rising rent.
- A pubco owns the building but rarely runs the bar itself.
- Three pubco chains control most of the high street trade.
- Tenants of the pubco must buy beer from its approved list.
- The pubco sold off forty sites in a single year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUBCO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUBCO
1 longer words begin with PUBCO.
Shorter words from the letters in PUBCO
Common questions about PUBCO
- Is PUBCO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PUBCO is not in it.
- How many points is PUBCO worth?
- PUBCO is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUBCO mean?
- A company that owns and operates a chain of public houses.
- What letters can be added to PUBCO?
- PUBCO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PUBCO:
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