PWN is valid in Collins, not in North America — 8 points
It depends on the list you play by. PWN 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 8 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PWN?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PWN is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 3.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PWN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pwnsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PWN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PWN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,738.
What stands out about PWN
- PWN has no vowel at all, not even a Y — one of 19 such words at 3 letters.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PWN mean in Scrabble?
verb
slang
To defeat somebody completely, in online gaming.
Pwn began as a typing mistake: the letter is next to the o, and somebody meaning to write own hit the wrong key in a game where that word was already in use. The error spread faster than the correction, and the result is now said aloud in a way no spelling predicts.
How PWN is used
Transitive: to pwn an opponent. The past is pwned.
- He got pwned in the first thirty seconds.
- To pwn somebody is to beat them and say so.
- The word pwn began as a slip of a finger.
- She pwned the whole lobby without speaking.
- Nobody agrees how to pronounce pwn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PWN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PWN
3 longer words begin with PWN.
Common questions about PWN
- Is PWN valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PWN is not in it.
- How many points is PWN worth?
- PWN is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PWN mean?
- To defeat somebody completely, in online gaming.
- What letters can be added to PWN?
- PWN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PWN:
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