PISTILLATE is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PISTILLATE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PISTILLATE?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PISTILLATE is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PISTILLATE
No single letter turns PISTILLATE into another word.
How PISTILLATE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PISTILLATE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PISTILLATE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PISTILLATE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Having a female flower part but no male pollen-bearing parts.
Botanists call a flower pistillate when it can bear fruit but cannot make its own pollen. On many trees, the pistillate blossoms grow separately from the staminate ones.
How PISTILLATE is used
Pistillate is a botanical term used for flowers and plants.
- The willow produces pistillate catkins on one tree and male ones on another.
- Only the pistillate flowers can develop into fruit.
- The gardener marked each pistillate plant with a small tag.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PISTILLATE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PISTILLATE
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Common questions about PISTILLATE
- Is PISTILLATE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PISTILLATE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PISTILLATE worth?
- PISTILLATE is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PISTILLATE mean?
- Having a female flower part but no male pollen-bearing parts.
- What letters can be added to PISTILLATE?
- No single letter can be added to PISTILLATE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PISTILLATE:
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