PERIPATETIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PERIPATETIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIPATETIC?
| 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 PERIPATETIC is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIPATETIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
peripateticsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERIPATETIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PERIPATETIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIPATETIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIPATETIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Travelling from place to place, especially for work.
A peripatetic teacher visits several schools in a week, and a peripatetic musician plays wherever the gigs are. The word began with Aristotle's habit of lecturing while walking about. It suggests a restless or itinerant life without a fixed base.
How PERIPATETIC is used
Peripatetic is used of workers, musicians or lifestyles that involve constant movement; it can also be a noun.
- She led a peripatetic life, moving every two years.
- The school employs a peripatetic music teacher.
- His peripatetic career took him across four continents.
- The peripatetic circus visited a new town each week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIPATETIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PERIPATETIC
The 11 tiles of PERIPATETIC in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PERIPATETIC
5 longer words begin with PERIPATETIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIPATETIC
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Common questions about PERIPATETIC
- Is PERIPATETIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIPATETIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIPATETIC worth?
- PERIPATETIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIPATETIC mean?
- Travelling from place to place, especially for work.
- What letters can be added to PERIPATETIC?
- PERIPATETIC takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PERIPATETIC:
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