PITTA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PITTA 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 PITTA?
| 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 PITTA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PITTA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pittasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PITTA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PITTA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,983.
What does PITTA mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A small, brightly coloured, ground-dwelling bird found across the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia.
A pitta has a short tail, a stout bill and a coat of vivid colours that can include blue, green, red and yellow on a single bird, making it stand out despite spending most of its time hopping through leaf litter rather than flying. Because pittas are shy and mostly hidden in dense forest, birdwatchers often hear their whistled calls long before they spot one. The bird family takes its scientific name, Pittidae, directly from the word pitta, which comes from a Telugu word for a small bird. Around forty species of pitta are recognised, spread across the Old World tropics from West Africa to northern Australia.
How PITTA is used
A specialist ornithological term, used by birdwatchers and in field guides rather than in everyday speech.
- A flash of blue in the undergrowth turned out to be a pitta feeding on snails.
- The guide said this forest held three species of pitta, each with a different call.
- Photographing a pitta usually means sitting still in the undergrowth for hours.
- The rare pitta was the main reason birders travelled to that particular reserve.
- Its bright plumage makes a pitta easy to identify once it steps into open ground.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PITTA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PITTA
3 longer words begin with PITTA.
Words ending in PITTA
2 words end in PITTA. Useful as a back hook: play PITTA onto a word already on the board.
Words with PITTA inside
2 words contain PITTA in the middle. Words that start with PITTA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PITTA
Common questions about PITTA
- Is PITTA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PITTA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PITTA worth?
- PITTA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PITTA mean?
- A small, brightly coloured, ground-dwelling bird found across the tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia.
- What letters can be added to PITTA?
- PITTA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PITTA:
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