PITY is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PITY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PITY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PITY is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PITY
No single letter turns PITY into another word.
How PITY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PITY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 18,154.
What does PITY mean in Scrabble?
noun
Sympathetic sorrow at another's suffering.
Pity and piety are the same Latin word, split by French into two English borrowings made at different dates. One of them kept the duty and the other kept the feeling.
How PITY is used
Uncountable. Also a verb and an exclamation.
- A pity that nobody said so at the time.
- The word pity and the word piety are one borrowing split in two.
- More pity than respect, in the end.
- French split pity from piety before English took either.
- Out of pity rather than out of duty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PITY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PITY
7 longer words begin with PITY.
Words ending in PITY
4 words end in PITY. Useful as a back hook: play PITY onto a word already on the board.
Words with PITY inside
6 words contain PITY in the middle. Words that start with PITY are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PITY
Common questions about PITY
- Is PITY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PITY, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PITY worth?
- PITY is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PITY mean?
- Sympathetic sorrow at another's suffering.
- What letters can be added to PITY?
- No single letter can be added to PITY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PITY:
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