pock

Plural: pocks

Noun

a pustule in an eruptive disease
A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
Any pit, especially one formed as a scar

Verb

Verb Forms: pocked, pocking, pocks

To mark with small, depressed scars or pustules.
mark with a scar
To scar or mark with pits

Examples

A poorly placed word could POCK the board, making future plays difficult.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokk, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).

Synonyms

mark, pit, scar

Scrabble Score: 12

pock: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pock: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pock: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pock: valid Words With Friends Word