PILEUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PILEUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PILEUS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PILEUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PILEUS
No single letter turns PILEUS into another word.
How PILEUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PILEUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 86,231.
What does PILEUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
The umbrella-shaped cap that forms the top of a mushroom.
The pileus carries the spore-bearing surface underneath it, usually gills or pores, and its shape and colour are among the first things checked when naming a mushroom. The same Latin word once named a plain felt cap worn in ancient Rome, and botanists borrowed it directly for the fungal structure it resembles. A pileus can be flat, conical, or bell-shaped depending on the species.
How PILEUS is used
Technical; used in mycology rather than everyday descriptions of mushrooms.
- The pileus of the mushroom had turned a deep orange by evening.
- Spores drop from gills hidden beneath the pileus.
- A young pileus is often domed before it flattens with age.
- The field guide measures the pileus across its widest point.
- Rain had darkened the pileus of every cap in the clearing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PILEUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PILEUS
The 6 tiles of PILEUS in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in PILEUS
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Common questions about PILEUS
- Is PILEUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PILEUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PILEUS worth?
- PILEUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PILEUS mean?
- The umbrella-shaped cap that forms the top of a mushroom.
- What letters can be added to PILEUS?
- No single letter can be added to PILEUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PILEUS:
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