PILLORY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PILLORY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PILLORY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PILLORY is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PILLORY
No single letter turns PILLORY into another word.
How PILLORY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PILLORY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,544 thousand.
What does PILLORY mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A wooden frame with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were once locked and shown to the public.
The pillory stood in town squares so that passers-by could jeer at the prisoner. Today the word is mostly used as a verb meaning to expose someone to public scorn. A newspaper that pillories a politician attacks him loudly and openly.
How PILLORY is used
Pillory is a historical noun and a common figurative verb in news writing.
- The thief was fixed in the pillory for three hours.
- The press began to pillory the minister after the scandal.
- A reconstructed pillory still stands in the market square.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PILLORY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PILLORY
1 longer words begin with PILLORY.
Shorter words from the letters in PILLORY
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Common questions about PILLORY
- Is PILLORY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PILLORY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PILLORY worth?
- PILLORY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PILLORY mean?
- A wooden frame with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were once locked and shown to the public.
- What letters can be added to PILLORY?
- No single letter can be added to PILLORY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PILLORY:
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