PICEOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PICEOUS 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 PICEOUS?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICEOUS is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICEOUS
No single letter turns PICEOUS into another word.
How PICEOUS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PICEOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 289,489.
What stands out about PICEOUS
- PICEOUS runs three vowels in a row, which almost no English word does.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PICEOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Glossy black or brownish black in colour, like pitch.
Entomologists and other naturalists use piceous for dark, shiny surfaces such as beetle wing cases. The word borrows its meaning from pitch, the tarry substance it resembles.
How PICEOUS is used
Piceous is a technical colour word used in natural history descriptions.
- The beetle had a piceous body that shone in the sunlight.
- The label described the wing cases as piceous.
- A piceous stain spread across the old timber.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICEOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PICEOUS
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Common questions about PICEOUS
- Is PICEOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICEOUS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICEOUS worth?
- PICEOUS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICEOUS mean?
- Glossy black or brownish black in colour, like pitch.
- What letters can be added to PICEOUS?
- No single letter can be added to PICEOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PICEOUS:
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