PICUL is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PICUL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PICUL?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PICUL is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PICUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
piculsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PICUL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PICUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does PICUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
A traditional unit of weight used across East and Southeast Asia, roughly equal to 60 kilograms, or about 133 pounds.
A picul was originally reckoned as the load one man could carry balanced on a shoulder pole, and traders in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia used it long before metric measures arrived. The exact weight varied slightly from port to port and from one commodity to another, though 100 catties, close to 60 kilograms, became the standard reference. Older trade records for goods such as rice, tea, and rubber still quote prices by the picul.
How PICUL is used
Picul survives mainly in historical trade documents and in some Southeast Asian markets that still weigh bulk goods by it.
- The merchant priced the tea at three dollars per picul.
- A single porter could carry roughly one picul on a shoulder pole.
- Old customs records list the rubber shipment by the picul rather than by the kilogram.
- Rice sold at the market by the picul long before scales were standardized.
- The warehouse ledger recorded every sack of grain in piculs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PICUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PICUL
3 longer words begin with PICUL.
Words with PICUL inside
20 words contain PICUL in the middle. Words that start with PICUL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PICUL
Common questions about PICUL
- Is PICUL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PICUL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PICUL worth?
- PICUL is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PICUL mean?
- A traditional unit of weight used across East and Southeast Asia, roughly equal to 60 kilograms, or about 133 pounds.
- What letters can be added to PICUL?
- PICUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PICUL:
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