PEPITA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PEPITA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEPITA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEPITA is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEPITA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pepitasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEPITA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PEPITA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 204,399.
What does PEPITA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A hulled, flat green seed of a pumpkin or squash, eaten roasted as a snack or used in cooking.
The word comes straight from Spanish, where it means a small seed, and it appears on menus and food labels in Mexican and Southwestern cooking. A pepita is usually sold toasted and salted, scattered over salads and soups or ground into sauces such as mole. In English it is also commonly called a pumpkin seed.
How PEPITA is used
Most common in culinary writing; the plural is pepitas.
- A single pepita is crisp, nutty and faintly sweet.
- He toasted each pepita in a dry pan until it popped.
- The soup was topped with a handful of pepita seeds.
- She added a pepita to every muffin as decoration.
- The sauce is thickened with ground pepita.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEPITA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEPITA
1 longer words begin with PEPITA.
Shorter words from the letters in PEPITA
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Common questions about PEPITA
- Is PEPITA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEPITA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEPITA worth?
- PEPITA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEPITA mean?
- A hulled, flat green seed of a pumpkin or squash, eaten roasted as a snack or used in cooking.
- What letters can be added to PEPITA?
- PEPITA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PEPITA:
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