PICARA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PICARA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICARA?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICARA is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICARA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
picarasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICARA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PICARA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 153,299.
What does PICARA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A woman who lives by her wits as a rogue or wandering adventurer, especially a heroine of Spanish picaresque tales.
Picara is the feminine partner of picaro and comes straight from Spanish. The type belongs to the picaresque tradition of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which a lowborn hero or heroine drifts from one master and one scheme to the next. Writers use picara for a female character who survives by charm and cunning rather than by rank.
How PICARA is used
Literary term; used when discussing picaresque fiction or a character of that type.
- The novel follows a picara who talks her way out of every town she enters.
- Critics call the heroine a picara because she lies, steals and still wins sympathy.
- Every picara in the old tales learns to read a stranger at a glance.
- She played the picara with such mischief that the audience cheered her.
- The picara of the story serves three mistresses and cheats all of them.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICARA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PICARA
1 longer words begin with PICARA.
Shorter words from the letters in PICARA
Common questions about PICARA
- Is PICARA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICARA, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICARA worth?
- PICARA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICARA mean?
- A woman who lives by her wits as a rogue or wandering adventurer, especially a heroine of Spanish picaresque tales.
- What letters can be added to PICARA?
- PICARA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PICARA:
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