PEEOY is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. PEEOY is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PEEOY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEEOY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEEOY
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
peeoysChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEEOY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PEEOY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 35,648.
What stands out about PEEOY
- PEEOY runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PEEOY mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialectScots
A homemade firework, in Scots usage.
A peeoy was traditionally put together at home from scrap materials rather than bought ready-made, and the word belongs to a small family of Scots terms for improvised fireworks and bangers that children set off around bonfire night. Older sources record pioy and pioye as the same thing under different spellings.
How PEEOY is used
Regional Scots; rare outside older or dialect writing.
- The boys spent all afternoon building a peeoy from spare tins.
- A peeoy went off with more smoke than bang.
- She remembered her grandfather calling every homemade banger a peeoy.
- The peeoy fizzled instead of exploding as planned.
- Bonfire night once meant a peeoy in every pocket.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEEOY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEEOY
1 longer words begin with PEEOY.
Shorter words from the letters in PEEOY
Common questions about PEEOY
- Is PEEOY valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PEEOY is not in it.
- How many points is PEEOY worth?
- PEEOY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEEOY mean?
- A homemade firework, in Scots usage.
- What letters can be added to PEEOY?
- PEEOY takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PEEOY:
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