PECTEN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PECTEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PECTEN?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PECTEN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PECTEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pectensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PECTEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PECTEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 125,426.
What does PECTEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologymedical
A comb-like structure in the body of an animal, or a scallop of the genus that bears this name.
The word is Latin for comb, and biologists use pecten for several different comb-shaped parts. Best known is the folded, pigmented structure inside the eye of a bird, which supplies the retina with nourishment, while insects and scorpions have toothed or bristled appendages with the same name. The scallop genus Pecten takes its name from the ribbed shell, and in anatomy the pecten also names a ridge of the pubic bone.
How PECTEN is used
A specialist term of anatomy and zoology; the plural is pectines.
- The pecten in a hawk's eye lies close to the optic nerve.
- A scorpion uses its pecten to sense the ground it walks on.
- The biologist sketched the pecten of the bird in her notebook.
- Each pecten of the insect carried a neat row of bristles.
- The shell was a pecten with fine ribs fanning from the hinge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PECTEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PECTEN
1 longer words begin with PECTEN.
Shorter words from the letters in PECTEN
Common questions about PECTEN
- Is PECTEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PECTEN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PECTEN worth?
- PECTEN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PECTEN mean?
- A comb-like structure in the body of an animal, or a scallop of the genus that bears this name.
- What letters can be added to PECTEN?
- PECTEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PECTEN:
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