PE is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points

Yes. PE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 5 in Words with Friends.

Which word lists accept PE?

Word power: 60 / 100

Our own measure of how useful PE is to know. It scores 4 from 2 tiles, takes 15 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for PE

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How PE scores

Face value of the 2 tiles in PE, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Drawing exactly these 2 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 206.

What stands out about PE

• PE is one of just 133 words of 2 letters in the four lists we check — a short list worth knowing by heart.

Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things

What does PE mean in Scrabble?

noun

Written for this site: 1 meaning of PE and 2 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.

Words starting with PE

Showing 24 of more than 2000 words that begin with PE.

Words ending in PE

Showing 24 of 455 words that end in PE. Useful as a back hook: play PE onto a word already on the board.

Words with PE inside

Showing 24 of 8478 words that contain PE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.

Common questions about PE

Is PE valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts PE, where it scores 5 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is PE worth?

PE is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.

What does PE mean?

The seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

What letters can be added to PE?

PE takes 15 hooks: 2 in front and 13 at the end.