PITHOS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PITHOS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PITHOS?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PITHOS is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PITHOS
No single letter turns PITHOS into another word.
How PITHOS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PITHOS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does PITHOS mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A very large ancient Greek jar of baked clay, used for storing wine, oil or grain.
A pithos was often tall enough to hold a person, and it stood half-buried in the floor of a storeroom to keep its contents cool. Archaeologists find them at palace sites such as Knossos in Crete. The Greek myth of Pandora's box was originally a story about a pithos, and the lid was later mistranslated as a box.
How PITHOS is used
Archaeological and classical term; plural pithoi.
- The museum displays a cracked pithos from Crete.
- Olive oil was kept in a pithos sunk into the floor.
- A single pithos could hold enough grain for a household.
- Excavators found a pithos still sealed with clay.
- The myth of Pandora centres on a pithos rather than a box.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PITHOS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PITHOS
- Is PITHOS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PITHOS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PITHOS worth?
- PITHOS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PITHOS mean?
- A very large ancient Greek jar of baked clay, used for storing wine, oil or grain.
- What letters can be added to PITHOS?
- No single letter can be added to PITHOS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PITHOS:
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