PIKA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PIKA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIKA?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIKA is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIKA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIKA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PIKA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,205.
What stands out about PIKA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PIKA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small mammal related to rabbits.
The pika lives on mountain scree and gathers hay into stacks to last the winter, which very few mammals do. It has no tail worth the name and is regularly mistaken for a rodent.
How PIKA is used
Countable: a pika, two pikas.
- A pika stacks hay and does not hibernate.
- The word pika came into English through Russian.
- A pika is related to rabbits and not to mice.
- Two pikas share a scree slope and argue about it.
- The pika is one of very few mammals that makes hay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIKA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIKA
The 4 tiles of PIKA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PIKA
5 longer words begin with PIKA.
Shorter words from the letters in PIKA
Common questions about PIKA
- Is PIKA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIKA, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIKA worth?
- PIKA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIKA mean?
- A small mammal related to rabbits.
- What letters can be added to PIKA?
- PIKA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PIKA:
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