What POLECAT Means
- noun: American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae
- noun: dark brown mustelid of woodlands of Eurasia that gives off an unpleasant odor when threatened
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POLECAT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 L1 E1 C3 A1 T1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In POLECAT
166 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
6 letter words (7)
5 letter words (26)
CAPLECAPOTCLAPTCLEATCLEPTCLOTECOAPTCOATECOPALECLATEPACTLACETLEAPTLEPTAOCTALOLPAEPALETPELTAPETALPLACEPLATEPLEATPLOATPOTAETELCOTEPAL
4 letter words (65)
ALCOALECALOEALTOATOCATOPCALOCALPCAPECAPOCATECELTCLAPCLATCLOPCLOTCOALCOATCOLACOLECOLTCOPECOTELACELATELEAPLEATLEPTLOCALOPELOTALOTEOCTAOLEAOLPEOPALPACEPACOPACTPALEPATEPEALPEATPELAPELTPLATPLEAPLOTPOETPOLEPOLTPOTETACETACOTAELTALCTALETAPETEALTELATEPATOEATOLATOLETOPE
3 letter words (52)
ACEACTALEALPALTAPEAPOAPTATECAPCATCELCEPCOLCOPCOTEATECOELTETALACLAPLATLEALEPLETLOPLOTOATOCAOLEOPEOPTPACPALPATPEAPECPELPETPOAPOLPOTTAETAOTAPTEATECTELTOCTOETOP
2 letter words (16)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.