Is PICKING valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICKING, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is PICKING worth?

PICKING is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to PICKING?

PICKING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

PICKING is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points

Yes. PICKING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.

p3i1c3k5i1n1g2

PlayablePICKING · 7 letters · 16 pts Scrabble · 20 pts WWF

16points in Scrabble

20points in Words with Friends

7letters

1hook available

1 in 6,176 thousandodds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept PICKING?

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: 55 / 100

55WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

2.29

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

full rack

Tile availability 20%

4.57%

Our own measure of how useful PICKING is to know. It scores 16 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for PICKING

Front hooks — 0

None.

Back hooks — 1

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Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.

How PICKING scores

Scrabble p3i1c3k5i1n1g2 16

Words with Friends p4i1c4k5i1n2g3 20

Face value of the 7 tiles in PICKING, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
p	1	2
i	2	9
c	1	2
k	1	1
n	1	6
g	1	3

Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,176 thousand.

Words starting with PICKING

pickings17

1 longer words begin with PICKING.

Shorter words from the letters in PICKING

pickin14 piking13 icing8 piing8 pick12 nick10 piki10 pink10 gink9 king9 ping7 ick9 kip9 ink7 kin7 pic7 cig6 gip6 pig6 nip5 pin5 gin4 ing4 ki6 pi4 gi3 in2

Common questions about PICKING

Is PICKING valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICKING, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is PICKING worth?: PICKING is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to PICKING?: PICKING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PICKING:

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