PERIPTER is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PERIPTER is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIPTER?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIPTER is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIPTER
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERIPTER scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PERIPTER, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIPTER has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIPTER mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A building, especially a Greek temple, surrounded on every side by a single row of columns.
Architects separate a peripter from a temple with columns only at the front, and from a dipteral temple, which has a double row. The word belongs to the study of classical Greek and Roman buildings.
How PERIPTER is used
Peripter is used in architecture and classical archaeology.
- The guidebook called the temple a peripter with six columns on the short sides.
- A peripter gives a building a walkway under its roof all the way round.
- The students sketched a peripter for their architecture class.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIPTER and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PERIPTER
4 longer words begin with PERIPTER.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIPTER
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Common questions about PERIPTER
- Is PERIPTER valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIPTER, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIPTER worth?
- PERIPTER is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIPTER mean?
- A building, especially a Greek temple, surrounded on every side by a single row of columns.
- What letters can be added to PERIPTER?
- PERIPTER takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PERIPTER:
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