PEKAN is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PEKAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEKAN?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEKAN is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEKAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pekansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEKAN scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PEKAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What does PEKAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyNorth American
Another name for the fisher, a large dark-furred mammal of the weasel family found in the forests of North America.
The pekan is a skilled climber and one of the few predators able to successfully hunt porcupines, despite their quills. Trappers and fur traders in Canada and the northern United States have long used the name pekan alongside the more common name fisher for the same animal. Its dense, dark fur made it a valuable target for the fur trade for centuries. The word itself likely comes from an Algonquian language of the region.
How PEKAN is used
Used mainly in North American wildlife and trapping contexts as an alternative name for the fisher.
- Trappers in the region still call the fisher a pekan.
- The pekan is agile enough to chase squirrels through the treetops.
- A pekan pelt once fetched a high price from fur traders.
- The naturalist's guide listed pekan as a regional name for the fisher.
- Few hikers ever spot a pekan, since it is shy and mostly nocturnal.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEKAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEKAN
1 longer words begin with PEKAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PEKAN
Common questions about PEKAN
- Is PEKAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEKAN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEKAN worth?
- PEKAN is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEKAN mean?
- Another name for the fisher, a large dark-furred mammal of the weasel family found in the forests of North America.
- What letters can be added to PEKAN?
- PEKAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PEKAN:
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