What POUND Means
- noun: 16 ounces avoirdupois“he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds”
- noun: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- verb: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument“the salesman pounded the door knocker”
- verb: strike or drive against with a heavy impact“ram the gate with a sledgehammer”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POUND is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 U1 N1 D2.
Words Made From The Letters In POUND
31 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.
4 letter words (8)
3 letter words (13)
2 letter words (10)
Longer Words Containing POUND
POUND appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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