PEDERAST is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PEDERAST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEDERAST?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEDERAST is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEDERAST
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEDERAST scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PEDERAST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PEDERAST has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PEDERAST
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 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 PEDERAST mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
An adult man who has sexual relations with boys.
The word is strictly clinical or historical, found in law, psychology and studies of ancient Greece. A pederast is, by modern standards, an abuser of children, and the word is never a neutral label.
How PEDERAST is used
A formal and serious term, used in legal, medical and historical writing.
- The court convicted the pederast of crimes against children.
- Historians debate how Greek writers described a pederast.
- The report described him as a convicted pederast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEDERAST and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PEDERAST
The 8 tiles of PEDERAST in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PEDERAST
4 longer words begin with PEDERAST.
Shorter words from the letters in PEDERAST
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Common questions about PEDERAST
- Is PEDERAST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEDERAST, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEDERAST worth?
- PEDERAST is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEDERAST mean?
- An adult man who has sexual relations with boys.
- What letters can be added to PEDERAST?
- PEDERAST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PEDERAST:
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