PESTILENCE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PESTILENCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PESTILENCE?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PESTILENCE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PESTILENCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pestilencesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PESTILENCE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PESTILENCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PESTILENCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PESTILENCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A deadly epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
Medieval chroniclers described pestilence sweeping through towns and leaving the streets silent. The word also appears in figurative speech for any destructive influence that spreads among many people.
How PESTILENCE is used
Literary and historical; rare in modern medical writing.
- Pestilence swept through the city in the summer.
- The villagers feared famine and pestilence.
- He called gossip a pestilence in the office.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PESTILENCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PESTILENCE
1 longer words begin with PESTILENCE.
Shorter words from the letters in PESTILENCE
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Common questions about PESTILENCE
- Is PESTILENCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PESTILENCE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PESTILENCE worth?
- PESTILENCE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PESTILENCE mean?
- A deadly epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague.
- What letters can be added to PESTILENCE?
- PESTILENCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PESTILENCE:
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