PANDOWDY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PANDOWDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANDOWDY?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANDOWDY is to know. It scores 18 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANDOWDY
No single letter turns PANDOWDY into another word.
How PANDOWDY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PANDOWDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PANDOWDY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PANDOWDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
North American
A deep-dish dessert of baked sliced apples under a crust that is broken up and pressed into the fruit.
The pandowdy is a rustic New England dish, simpler and less tidy than a pie. Cooks traditionally break the crust partway through baking, so the juices soak into it, and that rough look is part of what makes a pandowdy distinctive.
How PANDOWDY is used
Used in American cooking and recipe writing, especially for apple desserts.
- Grandmother served a warm apple pandowdy with cream after supper.
- The recipe for pandowdy calls for the crust to be cut with a knife halfway through baking.
- A cherry pandowdy is a good way to use fruit that is a little too soft.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANDOWDY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PANDOWDY
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Common questions about PANDOWDY
- Is PANDOWDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANDOWDY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANDOWDY worth?
- PANDOWDY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANDOWDY mean?
- A deep-dish dessert of baked sliced apples under a crust that is broken up and pressed into the fruit.
- What letters can be added to PANDOWDY?
- No single letter can be added to PANDOWDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PANDOWDY:
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