PIGEON is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PIGEON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIGEON?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIGEON is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIGEON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pigeonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIGEON scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PIGEON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What does PIGEON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A plump, short-legged bird with a cooing call, common in towns and kept for racing or carrying messages.
Pigeons descend from the wild rock dove and live on every continent except Antarctica. People have bred them for food, for racing and for carrying messages, and the same adaptable bird now lives on city ledges. In slang the word also means a gullible person who is easily cheated, and a pigeonhole is the small compartment for sorting letters that took its name from the bird's nest holes.
How PIGEON is used
Everyday word; the sense of a dupe is informal.
- A pigeon landed on the windowsill and began to coo.
- He kept a loft of racing pigeon on the roof.
- The con man picked out an easy pigeon in the crowd.
- Each pigeon wore a small ring on its leg.
- Soldiers once sent news by carrier pigeon.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIGEON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIGEON
The 6 tiles of PIGEON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PIGEON
15 longer words begin with PIGEON.
Shorter words from the letters in PIGEON
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Common questions about PIGEON
- Is PIGEON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIGEON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIGEON worth?
- PIGEON is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIGEON mean?
- A plump, short-legged bird with a cooing call, common in towns and kept for racing or carrying messages.
- What letters can be added to PIGEON?
- PIGEON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PIGEON:
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