PECK is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PECK is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PECK?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PECK is to know. It scores 12 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PECK
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PECK scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PECK, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,692.
What does PECK mean in Scrabble?
verb
To strike with a beak.
Peck is also a dry measure of two gallons, and that one is a separate word from French. The tongue twister about pickled peppers uses the measure and not the bird, which almost nobody notices.
How PECK is used
Pecked, pecking. Also a noun and a measure.
- The hens pecked at everything and ate almost none of it.
- A peck is two gallons as a dry measure.
- The word peck in the tongue twister is the measure.
- She gave him a peck on the cheek and left.
- Two pecks make a quarter of a bushel.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PECK and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PECK
19 longer words begin with PECK.
Words ending in PECK
9 words end in PECK. Useful as a back hook: play PECK onto a word already on the board.
Words with PECK inside
Showing 24 of 44 words that contain PECK somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PECK are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PECK
Common questions about PECK
- Is PECK valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PECK, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PECK worth?
- PECK is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PECK mean?
- To strike with a beak.
- What letters can be added to PECK?
- PECK takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PECK:
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