PILAU is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PILAU is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PILAU?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PILAU is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PILAU
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pilausChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PILAU scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PILAU, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does PILAU mean in Scrabble?
noun
A dish of rice cooked in seasoned stock, often with meat, vegetables or spices, found across the Middle East and South Asia.
Cooks make pilau by browning rice, sometimes with onions and whole spices, then simmering it in stock so every grain absorbs flavour rather than boiling the rice separately and adding seasoning afterward. The dish travelled widely along old trade routes, which is why cooks from Iran to India to the Caribbean all make their own version, and why English has borrowed the word in several spellings, including pilaf and pilaw. A pilau can be a simple side dish or, with added meat, a complete meal on its own.
How PILAU is used
A common word in cooking and on menus, especially for South Asian and Middle Eastern rice dishes.
- She served a fragrant chicken pilau with the curry.
- The recipe called for basmati rice for a lighter pilau.
- He learned to cook pilau from his grandmother's old notebook.
- The restaurant's vegetable pilau came topped with fried onions.
- Whole cardamom pods flavoured the pilau as it simmered.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PILAU and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PILAU
1 longer words begin with PILAU.
Shorter words from the letters in PILAU
Common questions about PILAU
- Is PILAU valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PILAU, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PILAU worth?
- PILAU is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PILAU mean?
- A dish of rice cooked in seasoned stock, often with meat, vegetables or spices, found across the Middle East and South Asia.
- What letters can be added to PILAU?
- PILAU takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PILAU:
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