PISCIVORE is a valid Scrabble word — 16 points
Yes. PISCIVORE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PISCIVORE?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PISCIVORE is to know. It scores 16 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PISCIVORE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
piscivoresChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PISCIVORE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PISCIVORE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PISCIVORE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PISCIVORE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalzoology
An animal whose diet consists mainly of fish.
Herons, seals and pike are all piscivores, each hunting in its own way. The term sets such predators apart from insect eaters and plant eaters in a food web.
How PISCIVORE is used
Used in biology and ecology when classifying animals by diet.
- The osprey is a skilled piscivore that dives for its prey.
- Every piscivore in the lake suffered when the fish stocks collapsed.
- Biologists tracked the piscivore population along the coast.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PISCIVORE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PISCIVORE
1 longer words begin with PISCIVORE.
Shorter words from the letters in PISCIVORE
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Common questions about PISCIVORE
- Is PISCIVORE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PISCIVORE, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PISCIVORE worth?
- PISCIVORE is worth 16 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PISCIVORE mean?
- An animal whose diet consists mainly of fish.
- What letters can be added to PISCIVORE?
- PISCIVORE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PISCIVORE:
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