PICA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PICA 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 PICA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICA is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PICA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 12,103.
What does PICA mean in Scrabble?
noun
printing
A unit of measurement used in printing and typography, equal to about one-sixth of an inch.
A pica is traditionally divided into twelve smaller points and is used by typesetters and designers to measure line length, margins, and type size. The unit remains common in publishing software even though most other measurements now use metric or inch systems.
How PICA is used
Mainly used by professionals working in typesetting, printing, or graphic design.
- The designer set the column width at twenty picas.
- Each pica contains twelve smaller points.
- The old printer measured margins in picas rather than inches.
- A single pica is roughly one-sixth of an inch.
- The manual explained how to convert a pica into millimetres.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PICA
The 4 tiles of PICA in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PICA
Showing 24 of 30 words that begin with PICA.
Words ending in PICA
3 words end in PICA. Useful as a back hook: play PICA onto a word already on the board.
Words with PICA inside
Showing 24 of 163 words that contain PICA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PICA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PICA
Common questions about PICA
- Is PICA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICA, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICA worth?
- PICA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICA mean?
- A unit of measurement used in printing and typography, equal to about one-sixth of an inch.
- What letters can be added to PICA?
- PICA takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PICA:
Open PICA in the Word Finder