PESTLE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PESTLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PESTLE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PESTLE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PESTLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PESTLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PESTLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 94,070.
What does PESTLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A heavy, club-shaped tool used with a mortar to crush, grind or mix substances.
Cooks, pharmacists and chemists all reach for a pestle when a recipe or formula calls for grinding solid ingredients into a fine powder or paste, from crushed garlic and spices to medicinal compounds. The tool works together with its matching bowl, the mortar, pressing and rotating against the harder surface rather than cutting or slicing. Traditional pestles were carved from stone or hard wood, while many kitchens now use ceramic or marble versions instead. The word can also serve as a verb, describing the grinding action itself rather than only naming the tool.
How PESTLE is used
Common in cooking, pharmacy and traditional medicine wherever ingredients need to be ground rather than chopped.
- She ground the peppercorns with a stone pestle.
- The pharmacist reached for a pestle to mix the powder.
- A wooden pestle sat beside the mortar on the shelf.
- He used the pestle to crush the dried herbs.
- The chef pestled the garlic and salt into a smooth paste.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PESTLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PESTLE
2 longer words begin with PESTLE.
Shorter words from the letters in PESTLE
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Common questions about PESTLE
- Is PESTLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PESTLE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PESTLE worth?
- PESTLE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PESTLE mean?
- A heavy, club-shaped tool used with a mortar to crush, grind or mix substances.
- What letters can be added to PESTLE?
- PESTLE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PESTLE:
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