PICANTE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PICANTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICANTE?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICANTE is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICANTE
No single letter turns PICANTE into another word.
How PICANTE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PICANTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,366.
What does PICANTE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Describing food that is hot and spicy, often prepared with a spicy sauce.
Picante comes from Spanish and is mostly met on menus and jars of Mexican-style sauce. It tells a diner to expect heat rather than mildness.
How PICANTE is used
Picante is used for spicy food and for the spicy sauces sold under that name.
- We ordered the picante chicken with extra lime.
- The picante sauce made my eyes water.
- Is the soup mild or picante?
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICANTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PICANTE
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Common questions about PICANTE
- Is PICANTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICANTE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICANTE worth?
- PICANTE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICANTE mean?
- Describing food that is hot and spicy, often prepared with a spicy sauce.
- What letters can be added to PICANTE?
- No single letter can be added to PICANTE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PICANTE:
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