PICKY is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PICKY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICKY?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICKY is to know. It scores 16 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICKY
No single letter turns PICKY into another word.
How PICKY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PICKY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,046 thousand.
What does PICKY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Excessively fussy or hard to satisfy, especially about small details.
A picky person rejects many options before settling on one, often over details that others would consider unimportant. The word applies equally to fussy eaters, demanding customers and anyone who insists on getting exactly what they want. It carries a mildly critical tone, suggesting the fussiness goes beyond what is reasonable. Being picky is treated as a habit or personality trait rather than a one-off reaction.
How PICKY is used
Informal and very common in everyday speech, especially when describing food preferences.
- Their son has always been a picky eater.
- The picky customer sent back three different tables before choosing one.
- She is picky about which pens she will write with.
- He got a reputation for being picky about deadlines.
- Being picky about grammar made her a careful editor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICKY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in PICKY
1 words end in PICKY. Useful as a back hook: play PICKY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in PICKY
Common questions about PICKY
- Is PICKY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICKY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICKY worth?
- PICKY is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICKY mean?
- Excessively fussy or hard to satisfy, especially about small details.
- What letters can be added to PICKY?
- No single letter can be added to PICKY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PICKY:
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