poult
Plural: poults
Noun
- A young domestic fowl, especially a turkey chick.
- A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
Examples
- He carefully placed POULT on the board, hoping it would hatch a high score.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pulla. For the development of the stressed vowel, see poultry. Doublet of pullet.
Scrabble Score: 7
poult: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpoult: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
poult: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
poult: valid Words With Friends Word