PEPINO is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PEPINO is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEPINO?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEPINO is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEPINO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pepinosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEPINO scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PEPINO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does PEPINO mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A bushy Andean plant of the nightshade family, grown for its sweet, pale yellow fruit streaked with purple.
The fruit of the pepino looks somewhat like a small melon and has a taste between cucumber and honeydew. It belongs to the same family as tomato and potato, and gardeners in cool climates grow it from cuttings. The Spanish name means cucumber, which hints at the fresh and mild flavour.
How PEPINO is used
Known too as pepino dulce or sweet cucumber; the word names both the plant and its fruit.
- The pepino ripened slowly on the windowsill.
- She sliced a pepino into the fruit salad.
- A pepino plant needs shelter from hard frost.
- The market stall sold one pepino for each customer to taste.
- Cooks prefer the pepino when its skin turns creamy yellow.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEPINO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEPINO
1 longer words begin with PEPINO.
Shorter words from the letters in PEPINO
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Common questions about PEPINO
- Is PEPINO valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEPINO, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEPINO worth?
- PEPINO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEPINO mean?
- A bushy Andean plant of the nightshade family, grown for its sweet, pale yellow fruit streaked with purple.
- What letters can be added to PEPINO?
- PEPINO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PEPINO:
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