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Yes. The word pissoir is a Scrabble US word. The word pissoir is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is pissoir a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pissoir is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

PISSOIR,

5-letter words (5 found)

PISOS,PRISS,PROSS,RISPS,SIRIS,

4-letter words (17 found)

IRIS,ISOS,PIRS,PISO,PISS,POIS,POSS,PROS,PSIS,RIPS,RISP,SIPS,SIRI,SIRS,SOPS,SORI,SRIS,

3-letter words (18 found)

IOS,ISO,OIS,OPS,ORS,PIR,PIS,POI,POS,PRO,PSI,RIP,SIP,SIR,SIS,SOP,SOS,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

IO,IS,OI,OP,OR,OS,PI,PO,SI,SO,

You can make 51 words from pissoir according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pissoir

pissoir

Etymology

First attested in 1919. From French pissoir.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /piːˈswɑː/, /ˈpɪswɑː/

Noun

pissoir (plural pissoirs)

  1. A public urinal typically found in European, especially French, streets.
    To tackle the problem of street urination, Parisian authorities introduced the pissoir

References

  • 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • 1999, Ed. Jennifer Speake, The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
  • “Pissoir”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Incorporated, (Can we date this quote?)

French

Etymology

From pisser +‎ -oir.

Noun

pissoir m (plural pissoirs)

  1. (slang) bog, john(clarification of this definition is needed)
  2. urinal
    Synonyms: pissotière, urinoir

Descendants

  • → Czech: pisoár
  • → Finnish: pisoaari
  • → German: Pissoir
  • → Polish: pisuar
  • → Romanian: pisoar
  • → Russian: писсуар (pissuar)
  • → Turkish: pisuvar

Further reading

  • “pissoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org