PION is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PION is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PION?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PION is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PION
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PION scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PION, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does PION mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A subatomic particle made of a quark and an antiquark that carries the strong nuclear force between protons and neutrons.
A pion is far lighter than a proton. Physicists first proposed it to explain why the strong force holding an atomic nucleus together acts only across such a short range. Later experiments confirmed that particles matching this description really exist.
How PION is used
Used almost only in physics; unfamiliar outside technical or scientific writing.
- The detector recorded a shower of pions from the collision.
- A neutral pion decays quickly into two photons.
- Early experiments confirmed the existence of the pion.
- Cosmic rays striking the atmosphere can produce pions.
- The physicist explained how a pion binds the nucleus together.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PION and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PION
15 longer words begin with PION.
Words ending in PION
18 words end in PION. Useful as a back hook: play PION onto a word already on the board.
Words with PION inside
Showing 24 of 35 words that contain PION somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PION are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PION
Common questions about PION
- Is PION valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PION, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PION worth?
- PION is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PION mean?
- A subatomic particle made of a quark and an antiquark that carries the strong nuclear force between protons and neutrons.
- What letters can be added to PION?
- PION takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PION:
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