PIDDLE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PIDDLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIDDLE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIDDLE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIDDLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIDDLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PIDDLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does PIDDLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
informal
To spend time on trifles or work without real purpose, or, in child talk, to urinate.
To piddle about is to potter around at small unimportant tasks while the real job waits. The same word is a mild, nursery-style term for passing water, which is why it is used with children and pets and rarely in formal writing. A piddling amount, in turn, means a trivial one.
How PIDDLE is used
Informal and light in tone; the toilet sense is gentle and childlike.
- He would piddle in the garage all Saturday and finish nothing.
- Stop trying to piddle away the afternoon and start the report.
- The puppy began to piddle on the new rug.
- She likes to piddle with watercolours when the house is quiet.
- Do not piddle over the small details while the deadline slips by.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIDDLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIDDLE
4 longer words begin with PIDDLE.
Shorter words from the letters in PIDDLE
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Common questions about PIDDLE
- Is PIDDLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIDDLE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIDDLE worth?
- PIDDLE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIDDLE mean?
- To spend time on trifles or work without real purpose, or, in child talk, to urinate.
- What letters can be added to PIDDLE?
- PIDDLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PIDDLE:
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