PECKISH is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PECKISH 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 PECKISH?
| 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: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PECKISH is to know. It scores 18 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PECKISH
No single letter turns PECKISH into another word.
How PECKISH scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PECKISH, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,632 thousand.
What does PECKISH mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Britishinformal
Slightly hungry and wanting a small snack.
Peckish suggests a mild appetite rather than real hunger, and is very much a British word. It fits the time between meals when a biscuit or sandwich would do.
How PECKISH is used
Peckish is a casual way of saying you could eat something small.
- I am feeling a bit peckish; is there any cake left?
- He grew peckish halfway through the film.
- Nobody was peckish after such a big lunch.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PECKISH and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PECKISH
3 longer words begin with PECKISH.
Shorter words from the letters in PECKISH
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Common questions about PECKISH
- Is PECKISH valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PECKISH, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PECKISH worth?
- PECKISH is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PECKISH mean?
- Slightly hungry and wanting a small snack.
- What letters can be added to PECKISH?
- No single letter can be added to PECKISH to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PECKISH:
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