PICAROON is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PICAROON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICAROON?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICAROON is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICAROON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
picaroonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICAROON scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PICAROON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PICAROON has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PICAROON mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A rogue or adventurer who lives by his wits, or a pirate who preys on ships.
Picaroon carries a romantic, old-fashioned flavour and turns up in tales of the sea and in picaresque stories about charming scoundrels. It can name the pirate vessel as well as the person who sails on it.
How PICAROON is used
Picaroon is a literary or historical word for a rogue or pirate.
- The novel follows a cheerful picaroon through the taverns of Spain.
- A picaroon in a fast sloop raided the coastal trade.
- The captain was described as a picaroon with a silver tongue.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICAROON and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PICAROON
3 longer words begin with PICAROON.
Shorter words from the letters in PICAROON
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Common questions about PICAROON
- Is PICAROON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICAROON, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICAROON worth?
- PICAROON is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICAROON mean?
- A rogue or adventurer who lives by his wits, or a pirate who preys on ships.
- What letters can be added to PICAROON?
- PICAROON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PICAROON:
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