PEMMICAN is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PEMMICAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEMMICAN?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEMMICAN is to know. It scores 16 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEMMICAN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pemmicansChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEMMICAN scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PEMMICAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PEMMICAN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PEMMICAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
A compact food made from dried, pounded meat mixed with melted fat, traditionally carried on long journeys.
Pemmican kept for months without refrigeration, which made it ideal for travellers in cold, remote country. Fur traders and polar explorers both relied on it because a small portion carried a great deal of energy.
How PEMMICAN is used
Used in historical and outdoor writing about trail food and expedition supplies.
- The expedition packed several sacks of pemmican for the winter crossing.
- Traders learned to make pemmican from the buffalo hunters they met.
- He chewed a strip of pemmican and kept walking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEMMICAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEMMICAN
1 longer words begin with PEMMICAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PEMMICAN
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Common questions about PEMMICAN
- Is PEMMICAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEMMICAN, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEMMICAN worth?
- PEMMICAN is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEMMICAN mean?
- A compact food made from dried, pounded meat mixed with melted fat, traditionally carried on long journeys.
- What letters can be added to PEMMICAN?
- PEMMICAN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PEMMICAN:
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