PIGEONHOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PIGEONHOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIGEONHOLE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIGEONHOLE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIGEONHOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIGEONHOLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PIGEONHOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PIGEONHOLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PIGEONHOLE mean in Scrabble?
verb
To put someone or something into a fixed category, often too narrow to be fair.
The verb comes from the small compartments of a desk or cabinet where papers are filed away. To pigeonhole a plan can also mean to set it aside and forget it for the time being.
How PIGEONHOLE is used
Often used with a person or an artist who resists easy labels.
- Critics tried to pigeonhole her music as folk.
- It is unfair to pigeonhole people by their jobs.
- The committee chose to pigeonhole the proposal until next year.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIGEONHOLE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PIGEONHOLE
4 longer words begin with PIGEONHOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in PIGEONHOLE
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Common questions about PIGEONHOLE
- Is PIGEONHOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIGEONHOLE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIGEONHOLE worth?
- PIGEONHOLE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIGEONHOLE mean?
- To put someone or something into a fixed category, often too narrow to be fair.
- What letters can be added to PIGEONHOLE?
- PIGEONHOLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PIGEONHOLE:
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