PIE is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. PIE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIE is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 7.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIE scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PIE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 749.
What does PIE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A baked dish with a pastry crust.
Pie probably comes from magpie, from the idea of a bird collecting odd things together: an early pie held whatever was to hand. The bird was once called a pie on its own, and that word also gave piebald its first half.
How PIE is used
Countable and uncountable.
- A pie with a crust on the bottom is a different argument.
- The word pie may come from the magpie.
- Two pies and one of them entirely potato.
- Pie in the sky is a phrase from a protest song.
- The pie was cold in the middle and burnt at the edge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIE
Showing 24 of 116 words that begin with PIE.
Words ending in PIE
Showing 24 of 55 words that end in PIE. Useful as a back hook: play PIE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PIE inside
Showing 24 of 801 words that contain PIE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PIE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PIE
Common questions about PIE
- Is PIE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIE, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIE worth?
- PIE is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIE mean?
- A baked dish with a pastry crust.
- What letters can be added to PIE?
- PIE takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PIE:
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