Is PICS valid in Words with Friends?

Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.

How many points is PICS worth?

PICS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

What letters can be added to PICS?

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

PICS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points

Yes. PICS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.

p3i1c3s1

PlayablePICS · 4 letters · 8 pts Scrabble · 10 pts WWF

8points in Scrabble

10points in Words with Friends

4letters

1hook available

1 in 27,231odds of drawing this rack

Which word lists accept PICS?

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: 31 / 100

31WORD POWER

Points per tile 35%

Hooks 25%

Bingo potential 20%

Tile availability 20%

4.25%

Our own measure of how useful PICS is to know. It scores 8 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated

Hooks for PICS

Front hooks — 1

epics9

Back hooks — 0

None.

Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.

How PICS scores

Scrabble p3i1c3s1 8

Words with Friends p4i1c4s1 10

Face value of the 4 tiles in PICS, before any board multiplier.

Tiles you need

Letter	Needed	In the bag
p	1	2
i	1	9
c	1	2
s	1	4

Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 27,231.

Words ending in PICS

epics9 aspics10 topics10 biopics13 myopics16 tropics11 olympics17 telepics12 subtopics15 neotropics14 nootropics14 philippics21 subtropics16 gyroscopics21 paralympics22 presbyopics22 semitropics17 psychotropics27 thermotropics22

19 words end in PICS. Useful as a back hook: play PICS onto a word already on the board.

Shorter words from the letters in PICS

pic7 cis5 pis5 psi5 sic5 sip5 pi4 is2 si2

Common questions about PICS

Is PICS valid in Words with Friends?: Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICS, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
How many points is PICS worth?: PICS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
What letters can be added to PICS?: PICS takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.

Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PICS:

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