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Is POPULATIONS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes, POPULATIONS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.

Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.

What does POPULATIONS mean?

Populations is a form of POPULATION.

  1. noun

    the people who inhabit a territory or state

    “the population seemed to be well fed and clothed”

  2. noun

    a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

    “they hired hunters to keep down the deer population”

  3. noun

    (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

    “it is an estimate of the mean of the population”

  4. noun

    the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)

    “people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.

Points

15

Scrabble

20

Words With Friends

11

Letters

P (3) + O (1) + P (3) + U (1) + L (1) + A (1) + T (1) + I (1) + O (1) + N (1) + S (1) = 15 points in Scrabble.

Dictionary status

  • Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
  • Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
  • Words With FriendsListed

Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.

Hooks for POPULATIONS

POPULATIONS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.

Front hooks0

None — nothing can be added to the front.

Back hooks0

None — nothing can be added to the end.

Words you can make from POPULATIONS

The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.

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