PITOT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PITOT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PITOT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PITOT is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PITOT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pitotsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PITOT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PITOT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,855.
What does PITOT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A short open-ended tube pointed into a moving fluid, used to measure its flow speed; short for pitot tube.
A pitot works by comparing the pressure at its open end, which faces directly into the flow, with the pressure at a second opening set at right angles to it, and the difference gives the speed of the fluid moving past. Aircraft rely on a pitot mounted on the wing or nose to feed the airspeed indicator, which is why a blocked or iced-over pitot has caused several well-known accidents. The device is named after the French physicist Henri Pitot, who first built one in the eighteenth century to measure the flow of the Seine. Engineers also fit pitots into pipes and wind tunnels wherever a simple, reliable speed reading is needed.
How PITOT is used
A technical term from aviation and fluid engineering, almost always shortened from pitot tube.
- Ice had formed over the pitot, so the airspeed reading froze on the display.
- The engineer mounted a small pitot in the wind tunnel to check the airflow.
- Ground crew fitted a cover over each pitot whenever the aircraft was parked.
- A pitot near the riverbank recorded how fast the current was running.
- Pilots are trained to recognise the signs of a failed pitot in flight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PITOT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PITOT
1 longer words begin with PITOT.
Shorter words from the letters in PITOT
Common questions about PITOT
- Is PITOT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PITOT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PITOT worth?
- PITOT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PITOT mean?
- A short open-ended tube pointed into a moving fluid, used to measure its flow speed; short for pitot tube.
- What letters can be added to PITOT?
- PITOT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PITOT:
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