potemkin
NOUN
/poʊ'tɛmkɪn/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P
potemkin is a valid 8-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3O1T1E1M3K5I1N1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING
What does potemkin mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A Russian officer and politician who was a favorite of Catherine II and in 1762 helped her to seize power; when she visited the Crimea in 1787 he gave the order for sham villages to be built (1739-1791).
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