PET is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. PET is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PET?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PET is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PET
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PET scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PET, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does PET mean in Scrabble?
noun
An animal kept for company rather than for work.
Pet is first recorded in Scotland and northern England about a hand-reared lamb, and the human uses — a teacher's pet, a pet theory — came afterwards. A quite separate pet means a fit of sulking and has a different history.
How PET is used
Countable. Also an adjective and a verb.
- The pet is fed before anybody in the house is.
- A pet theory is one nobody else is allowed to attack.
- The word pet began in Scotland about a lamb.
- She went off in a pet and slammed two doors.
- Two pets in a rented flat is usually one too many.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PET and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PET
Showing 24 of 258 words that begin with PET.
Words ending in PET
Showing 24 of 34 words that end in PET. Useful as a back hook: play PET onto a word already on the board.
Words with PET inside
Showing 24 of 350 words that contain PET somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PET are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PET
Common questions about PET
- Is PET valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PET, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PET worth?
- PET is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PET mean?
- An animal kept for company rather than for work.
- What letters can be added to PET?
- PET takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PET:
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