PEMICAN is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PEMICAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEMICAN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 54 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEMICAN is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEMICAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pemicansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEMICAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PEMICAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 343,098.
What does PEMICAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A spelling of pemmican, a food of dried pounded meat mixed with fat and sometimes berries.
Pemican was a portable, long-lasting food first made by North American Indigenous peoples and later carried by fur traders and explorers. Its high energy and keeping qualities made it ideal for long journeys.
How PEMICAN is used
Pemican is a less common spelling, found in older travel accounts.
- The travellers lived on pemican for weeks.
- A strip of pemican was packed in every sled.
- The explorer wrote that the pemican kept well in the cold.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEMICAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEMICAN
1 longer words begin with PEMICAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PEMICAN
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Common questions about PEMICAN
- Is PEMICAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEMICAN, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEMICAN worth?
- PEMICAN is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEMICAN mean?
- A spelling of pemmican, a food of dried pounded meat mixed with fat and sometimes berries.
- What letters can be added to PEMICAN?
- PEMICAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PEMICAN:
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