PILGARLIC is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PILGARLIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PILGARLIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PILGARLIC is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PILGARLIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PILGARLIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PILGARLIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PILGARLIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PILGARLIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaichumorous
A bald-headed person, later used for a pitiable, lowly or foolish man treated with mock sympathy.
Pilgarlic began as a joke about a head that looked peeled like a clove of garlic. It then drifted toward meaning a poor wretch, and it was often used without an article as though it were a name. Today it survives only in older books.
How PILGARLIC is used
Archaic and humorous, found in older literature rather than modern speech.
- The old pilgarlic sat alone by the fire, grumbling at the world.
- Poor pilgarlic had lost both his hair and his fortune.
- The soldiers laughed and called the bald cook a pilgarlic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PILGARLIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PILGARLIC
4 longer words begin with PILGARLIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PILGARLIC
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Common questions about PILGARLIC
- Is PILGARLIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PILGARLIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PILGARLIC worth?
- PILGARLIC is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PILGARLIC mean?
- A bald-headed person, later used for a pitiable, lowly or foolish man treated with mock sympathy.
- What letters can be added to PILGARLIC?
- PILGARLIC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PILGARLIC:
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