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Is pothole a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pothole is a Scrabble US word. The word pothole is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

P3O1T1H4O1L1E1

Is pothole a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pothole is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

P3O1T1H4O1L1E1

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Yes. The word pothole is a Words With Friends word. The word pothole is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4O1T1H3O1L2E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

POTHOLE,

6-letter words (1 found)

POOTLE,

5-letter words (5 found)

HELOT,HOTEL,PHOTO,THOLE,TOPHE,

4-letter words (37 found)

HELO,HELP,HEPT,HOLE,HOLO,HOLP,HOLT,HOOP,HOOT,HOPE,HOTE,LEPT,LOOP,LOOT,LOPE,LOTE,LOTH,LOTO,OLEO,OLPE,PELT,PHOT,PLOT,POET,POLE,POLO,POLT,POOH,POOL,POOT,POTE,TOHO,TOLE,TOOL,TOPE,TOPH,TOPO,

3-letter words (35 found)

ELT,ETH,HEP,HET,HOE,HOO,HOP,HOT,LEP,LET,LOO,LOP,LOT,OHO,OLE,OOH,OOP,OOT,OPE,OPT,PEH,PEL,PET,PHO,PHT,POH,POL,POO,POT,TEL,THE,THO,TOE,TOO,TOP,

2-letter words (14 found)

EH,EL,ET,HE,HO,LO,OE,OH,OO,OP,PE,PO,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 94 words from pothole according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pothole

pothole

Alternative forms

  • pot-hole

Etymology 1

From dialectal pot (“pit, hollow, cavity”) +‎ hole. The "cave" senses, attested since at least 1809 (as pot-hole), may be from Middle English pot, potte (“a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging”), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to English pit, pote, or pot. Compare Scots pott, patt (“a pit dug in the ground; coalpit”).

Noun

pothole (plural potholes)

  1. A shallow pit or other edged depression in a road's surface, especially when caused by erosion by weather or traffic.
  2. A pit formed in the bed of a turbulent stream.
    • 2002, May-June, Grand River Conservation Authority (Canada) Newsletter
      The earliest ideas on the creation of potholes are that they were associated with "moulins de glacier" (glacier mills) formed where surface streams on glaciers and ice sheets fall into holes in the ice. Water entering these surficial holes was believed to impact on the bedrock beneath creating a large pothole. The "Moulin Hypothesis", first suggested in 1874, continued to be accepted by many authors until the 1950s. However, commencing in the 1930s, other authors have suggested dissatisfaction with the moulin hypothesis, largely on the grounds that it failed to explain how ice could remain stable long enough for the "giant" potholes to form and why many potholes (like those at Rockwood) were present in large numbers.
  3. (geology) A vertical cave system, often found in limestone.
  4. (archaeology) A pit resulting from unauthorized excavation by treasure-hunters or vandals.
  5. (Australia, mining) A shallow hole dug for the purpose of prospecting for opal or gold.
  6. (fandom slang, TV Tropes) A hyperlink with text displayed on a page that is different from the title of the page to which the text links; a piped link.
Synonyms
  • (large pit in the bed of a stream): giant kettle
Derived terms
  • potholing
  • potholed
  • potholer
Related terms
  • (pit resulting from unauthorized excavation): pothunter
  • (piped link, TV Tropes): sinkhole
Translations

Etymology 2

From pot +‎ hole. Attested since at least 1811 (also as pot-hole), possibly continuing Middle English *pothol (attested in the plural, potholys).

Noun

pothole (plural potholes)

  1. A hole or recess on the top of a stove into which a pot may be placed.

See also

  • sinkhole

Anagrams

  • the Loop, top hole, top-hole

Source: wiktionary.org