PILA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PILA 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 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PILA?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PILA is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PILA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How PILA scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PILA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,051.
What stands out about PILA
- The same 4 tiles also spell 4 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 PILA mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
An anatomical structure shaped like a small pillar or column, found in certain parts of the body.
Anatomists borrow the Latin word pila, meaning pillar, to name small pillar-shaped ridges or ledges of tissue that occur in certain organs, distinguishing them from flatter or rounder structures nearby. The term appears in specialised descriptions of internal anatomy rather than in general medical conversation. Because the shape rather than the function is what matters, the same word can be applied wherever a comparable ridge appears in the body.
How PILA is used
A specialised anatomical term describing shape rather than a specific organ; rare outside technical writing.
- The dissection notes labelled a small pila along the chamber wall.
- Anatomy texts describe the pila as a ridge shaped like a miniature pillar.
- Students were asked to identify the pila in the cross-section diagram.
- The pathologist noted an unusually thick pila during the examination.
- Older anatomy books use pila for several different pillar-like ridges.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PILA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PILA
The 4 tiles of PILA in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with PILA
15 longer words begin with PILA.
Words with PILA inside
Showing 24 of 58 words that contain PILA somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PILA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PILA
Common questions about PILA
- Is PILA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PILA is not in it.
- How many points is PILA worth?
- PILA is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PILA mean?
- An anatomical structure shaped like a small pillar or column, found in certain parts of the body.
- What letters can be added to PILA?
- PILA takes 6 hooks: 0 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PILA:
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