PIECEMEAL is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PIECEMEAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIECEMEAL?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIECEMEAL is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIECEMEAL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
piecemealsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIECEMEAL scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PIECEMEAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PIECEMEAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PIECEMEAL mean in Scrabble?
adverb
One small part after another rather than all at once.
Piecemeal suggests slow, uneven progress, and often a lack of any overall plan. As an adjective it describes work that is done in disconnected stages, which is rarely a compliment.
How PIECEMEAL is used
Common with verbs such as sell, build or introduce, and with nouns like reform or approach.
- The old estate was sold off piecemeal over twenty years.
- Reforms arrived piecemeal, so nobody saw the whole picture.
- A piecemeal repair job never fixes the real fault.
- They assembled the furniture piecemeal as money allowed.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIECEMEAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIECEMEAL
3 longer words begin with PIECEMEAL.
Shorter words from the letters in PIECEMEAL
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Common questions about PIECEMEAL
- Is PIECEMEAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIECEMEAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIECEMEAL worth?
- PIECEMEAL is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIECEMEAL mean?
- One small part after another rather than all at once.
- What letters can be added to PIECEMEAL?
- PIECEMEAL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PIECEMEAL:
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