PILGRIMAGE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PILGRIMAGE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PILGRIMAGE?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PILGRIMAGE is to know. It scores 16 from 10 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PILGRIMAGE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PILGRIMAGE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PILGRIMAGE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| g | 2 | 3 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PILGRIMAGE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PILGRIMAGE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A journey to a holy place, or to a site that has deep personal meaning.
A religious pilgrimage may take weeks on foot to a shrine, while a modern one might be a fan's trip to a famous place. The word also works as a figure of speech for the long course of a life.
How PILGRIMAGE is used
Used for religious travel and, more loosely, for any devoted trip to a meaningful place.
- Thousands make the pilgrimage to the mountain shrine each year.
- Their visit to the writer's home was a kind of pilgrimage.
- She regarded her career as a long pilgrimage.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PILGRIMAGE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PILGRIMAGE
4 longer words begin with PILGRIMAGE.
Shorter words from the letters in PILGRIMAGE
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Common questions about PILGRIMAGE
- Is PILGRIMAGE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PILGRIMAGE, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PILGRIMAGE worth?
- PILGRIMAGE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PILGRIMAGE mean?
- A journey to a holy place, or to a site that has deep personal meaning.
- What letters can be added to PILGRIMAGE?
- PILGRIMAGE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PILGRIMAGE:
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