PEPPERCORN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. PEPPERCORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 23 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEPPERCORN?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEPPERCORN is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEPPERCORN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEPPERCORN scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PEPPERCORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 3 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
The Scrabble bag does not hold enough of these letters. PEPPERCORN needs 1 blank tile.
What does PEPPERCORN mean in Scrabble?
noun
The dried berry of the pepper plant, used whole or ground as a spice.
A peppercorn starts green and turns black as it dries, which gives black pepper its familiar look. In law, a peppercorn rent means a token payment that is nearly nothing at all.
How PEPPERCORN is used
Used in cooking, and figuratively in the phrase peppercorn rent.
- Crush a peppercorn between your fingers to smell it.
- The cottage was let for a peppercorn rent.
- Add a few whole peppercorn seeds to the stock.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEPPERCORN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEPPERCORN
4 longer words begin with PEPPERCORN.
Shorter words from the letters in PEPPERCORN
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Common questions about PEPPERCORN
- Is PEPPERCORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEPPERCORN, where it scores 23 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEPPERCORN worth?
- PEPPERCORN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEPPERCORN mean?
- The dried berry of the pepper plant, used whole or ground as a spice.
- What letters can be added to PEPPERCORN?
- PEPPERCORN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PEPPERCORN:
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