How many points in Scrabble is poetess worth? poetess how many points in Words With Friends? What does poetess mean? Get all these answers on this page.
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Is poetess a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word poetess is a Scrabble US word. The word poetess is worth 9 points in Scrabble:
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Is poetess a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word poetess is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:
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Is poetess a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word poetess is a Words With Friends word. The word poetess is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
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You can make 104 words from poetess according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
From poet + -ess. Compare Middle English poetresse (“poetess”).
poetess (plural poetesses)
Poetess is rare in contemporary usage according to which both sexes are known normally as poets. The Latin term for a female poet was poētria, derived from the Ancient Greek ποιήτρια (poiḗtria), which still means “female poet” in Modern Greek. “Female poet” is the more usual modern translation where the gendered form in the original language is preserved.