PICKAXE is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. PICKAXE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 24 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICKAXE?
| 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: 67 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICKAXE is to know. It scores 22 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICKAXE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICKAXE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PICKAXE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,117 thousand.
What does PICKAXE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A heavy hand tool with a curved iron head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.
A pickaxe is swung overhead and driven in by its weight, which makes it the tool of miners, road crews and diggers. In games the pickaxe has also become a stock item for gathering stone and ore.
How PICKAXE is used
Pickaxe is the usual British spelling, with pickax common in American English.
- He swung the pickaxe at the frozen ground.
- The miners hung their pickaxe on a nail by the shaft.
- To pickaxe a path through the rock took three days.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICKAXE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PICKAXE
2 longer words begin with PICKAXE.
Shorter words from the letters in PICKAXE
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Common questions about PICKAXE
- Is PICKAXE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICKAXE, where it scores 24 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICKAXE worth?
- PICKAXE is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICKAXE mean?
- A heavy hand tool with a curved iron head pointed at one or both ends, used for breaking up hard ground or rock.
- What letters can be added to PICKAXE?
- PICKAXE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PICKAXE:
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