PITHILY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PITHILY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PITHILY?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PITHILY is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PITHILY
No single letter turns PITHILY into another word.
How PITHILY scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PITHILY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,316 thousand.
What does PITHILY mean in Scrabble?
adverb
In a short and forceful way that gets straight to the point.
To speak pithily is to say a lot in few words, often with wit. Writers who put things pithily are quoted again and again, because a short line is easy to remember.
How PITHILY is used
Pithily is used for remarks, summaries and writing that are brief but full of meaning.
- She summed up the entire debate pithily in one sentence.
- The editor pithily described the book as "long and loud".
- He answered pithily and sat down.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PITHILY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PITHILY
Common questions about PITHILY
- Is PITHILY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PITHILY, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PITHILY worth?
- PITHILY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PITHILY mean?
- In a short and forceful way that gets straight to the point.
- What letters can be added to PITHILY?
- No single letter can be added to PITHILY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PITHILY:
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