PISE is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PISE is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept PISE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PISE is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pisesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PISE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What stands out about PISE
- The same 4 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PISE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
Rammed earth or clay used as a building material, packed firmly between boards to form walls or floors.
Builders using pise ram moist clay or earth into a mold made of boards. Once the material hardens, the boards are removed and raised to build the next section of wall. The result is a solid, thick wall built up layer by layer.
How PISE is used
A specialist term in older or traditional building and architecture texts, rarely met elsewhere.
- The old cottage walls were made of pise.
- Workers rammed layer after layer of pise into the frame.
- Pise construction needs dry weather to cure properly.
- The museum display explained how pise walls were built.
- A crack had formed in the ageing pise of the barn.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PISE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PISE
The 4 tiles of PISE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with PISE
1 longer words begin with PISE.
Words ending in PISE
5 words end in PISE. Useful as a back hook: play PISE onto a word already on the board.
Words with PISE inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain PISE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PISE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PISE
Common questions about PISE
- Is PISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PISE, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PISE worth?
- PISE is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PISE mean?
- Rammed earth or clay used as a building material, packed firmly between boards to form walls or floors.
- What letters can be added to PISE?
- PISE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PISE:
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