PIKUL is valid in Collins, not in North America — 11 points
It depends on the list you play by. PIKUL is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 11 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PIKUL?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIKUL is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIKUL
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pikulsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PIKUL scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PIKUL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 261,415.
What does PIKUL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A traditional unit of weight used in parts of Southeast Asia and China, roughly equal to sixty kilograms, also spelled picul.
A pikul was originally reckoned as the load one man could carry on a shoulder pole, which is why old trade accounts from ports like Bangka and Singapore price goods by the pikul rather than by the pound. The exact weight varied a little from place to place before metric standards took over, but sixty kilograms is the figure most often quoted today.
How PIKUL is used
Historical and technical; appears in older trade records and studies of Asian commerce, rarely in everyday modern speech.
- The merchant priced the tin at so many dollars per pikul.
- A single pikul of rice fed a small household for weeks.
- Old ledgers list pepper and tin both by the pikul.
- One pikul of ore yielded only a fraction in pure metal.
- The ship carried a cargo weighed out in hundreds of pikul.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIKUL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIKUL
The 5 tiles of PIKUL in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PIKUL
1 longer words begin with PIKUL.
Shorter words from the letters in PIKUL
Common questions about PIKUL
- Is PIKUL valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PIKUL is not in it.
- How many points is PIKUL worth?
- PIKUL is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIKUL mean?
- A traditional unit of weight used in parts of Southeast Asia and China, roughly equal to sixty kilograms, also spelled picul.
- What letters can be added to PIKUL?
- PIKUL takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PIKUL:
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