PILEUP is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PILEUP is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PILEUP?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PILEUP is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PILEUP
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pileupsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PILEUP scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PILEUP, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What stands out about PILEUP
- PILEUP begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PILEUP mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A collision involving many vehicles at once, or a heap of things that has built up faster than it can be dealt with.
A pileup on a motorway usually starts with one braking car and grows as following drivers cannot stop in time, especially in fog or on ice. By extension the word describes any accumulation, such as a pileup of unpaid bills or unanswered email. In football and rugby it can even mean a tangle of players falling on top of one another.
How PILEUP is used
Common in news about road accidents; the figurative sense is informal.
- Dense fog caused a pileup of more than thirty cars on the highway.
- Two lanes stayed shut for hours after the pileup.
- After her holiday she faced a pileup of messages in her inbox.
- The referee untangled the pileup near the goal line.
- Drivers were warned to slow down to avoid another pileup on the bridge.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PILEUP and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PILEUP
The 6 tiles of PILEUP in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PILEUP
1 longer words begin with PILEUP.
Shorter words from the letters in PILEUP
Common questions about PILEUP
- Is PILEUP valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PILEUP, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PILEUP worth?
- PILEUP is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PILEUP mean?
- A collision involving many vehicles at once, or a heap of things that has built up faster than it can be dealt with.
- What letters can be added to PILEUP?
- PILEUP takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PILEUP:
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