PECTIN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PECTIN 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 PECTIN?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PECTIN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PECTIN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pectinsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PECTIN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PECTIN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What stands out about PECTIN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PECTIN mean in Scrabble?
noun
chemistry
A natural jelly-forming carbohydrate found in the cell walls of fruit, used to make jam set.
Pectin is especially plentiful in apples, citrus peel and currants, which is why those fruits make jams that set firmly with little help. Cooks add commercial pectin to fruits that contain little of their own, such as strawberries, and food makers also use it as a thickener. It dissolves in hot water and turns into a gel as it cools, in the presence of sugar and a little acid.
How PECTIN is used
Common in cookery and food science; sold as powder or liquid for home preserving.
- Apple peel is rich in pectin, so she added it to the plum jam.
- The recipe needs extra pectin because the berries are very ripe.
- Without enough pectin the jelly stayed as runny as syrup.
- Citrus pith is one of the best natural sources of pectin.
- The factory extracts pectin from leftover fruit pressings.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PECTIN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PECTIN
The 6 tiles of PECTIN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PECTIN
17 longer words begin with PECTIN.
Shorter words from the letters in PECTIN
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Common questions about PECTIN
- Is PECTIN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PECTIN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PECTIN worth?
- PECTIN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PECTIN mean?
- A natural jelly-forming carbohydrate found in the cell walls of fruit, used to make jam set.
- What letters can be added to PECTIN?
- PECTIN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PECTIN:
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