PIETA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PIETA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIETA?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIETA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIETA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pietasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIETA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PIETA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,455.
What does PIETA mean in Scrabble?
noun
An image, especially a painting or sculpture, showing the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ.
A pieta captures the moment after the crucifixion when Mary cradles her son's body across her lap, a scene many artists across centuries have chosen to depict rather than any single fixed composition. The word comes from the Italian for pity or compassion, reflecting the grief and tenderness the image is meant to convey. Painters and sculptors working in very different periods and styles have all produced a pieta, so the term names a whole tradition of religious art rather than one particular work.
How PIETA is used
A term used in discussing religious art, especially sculpture and painting from the medieval period onward.
- The cathedral displayed a marble pieta near the side altar.
- Art historians compared two very different versions of the pieta.
- The painter based his pieta on an older sculptural tradition.
- Visitors gathered quietly before the small wooden pieta.
- Each century produced its own style of pieta in stone or paint.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIETA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIETA
1 longer words begin with PIETA.
Shorter words from the letters in PIETA
Common questions about PIETA
- Is PIETA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIETA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIETA worth?
- PIETA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIETA mean?
- An image, especially a painting or sculpture, showing the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ.
- What letters can be added to PIETA?
- PIETA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PIETA:
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