PEON is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PEON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEON?
| 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 PEON is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEON
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEON scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PEON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,404.
What stands out about PEON
- The same 4 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 PEON mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalhistorical
An unskilled worker who does hard, low-paid work, or, historically, a labourer forced to work off a debt to a landowner.
Peon entered English from Spanish, where it originally named a foot soldier or a poor rural worker. In parts of Spanish America the word came to describe someone bound to labour for a landowner until a debt was repaid, a system close to servitude. Today it is used more loosely, often half-jokingly, for anyone doing the most menial or thankless work in an office or organisation.
How PEON is used
Historical sense refers to debt-bound labourers in Spanish America; modern use is often informal, for a low-ranking worker.
- The new intern felt like a peon fetching coffee all day.
- Colonial landowners kept many peons bound by debts they could never repay.
- He complained that management treated the whole team as peons.
- The peon worked the fields from sunrise to dusk for a few coins.
- She joked that interns are the peons of any newsroom.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PEON
The 4 tiles of PEON in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PEON
8 longer words begin with PEON.
Shorter words from the letters in PEON
Common questions about PEON
- Is PEON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEON, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEON worth?
- PEON is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEON mean?
- An unskilled worker who does hard, low-paid work, or, historically, a labourer forced to work off a debt to a landowner.
- What letters can be added to PEON?
- PEON takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PEON:
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