PIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PIKE 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 PIKE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIKE is to know. It scores 10 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIKE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What stands out about PIKE
- 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 PIKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A large predatory freshwater fish.
Pike names the fish, a weapon, a road and a diving position, and the first two come from the same idea of a point. The road sense is clipped from turnpike.
How PIKE is used
Countable; the plural is pike or pikes.
- A pike takes anything that fits in its mouth.
- The word pike names a fish and a weapon from one idea.
- A turnpike gave English the road sense of pike.
- A dive in pike position bends at the hip only.
- Two pike in the same pond is one too many.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIKE
The 4 tiles of PIKE in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PIKE
16 longer words begin with PIKE.
Words ending in PIKE
12 words end in PIKE. Useful as a back hook: play PIKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PIKE inside
Showing 24 of 28 words that contain PIKE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PIKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PIKE
Common questions about PIKE
- Is PIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIKE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIKE worth?
- PIKE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIKE mean?
- A large predatory freshwater fish.
- What letters can be added to PIKE?
- PIKE takes 4 hooks: 1 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PIKE:
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