PORCINI is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PORCINI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PORCINI?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PORCINI is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORCINI
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
porcinisChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PORCINI scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PORCINI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does PORCINI mean in Scrabble?
noun
A thick-stemmed, brown-capped wild mushroom prized in Italian cooking, often sold dried.
Porcini give risotto, pasta sauce and soup a deep, nutty taste, and dried slices are soaked before use. The word is Italian and is already a plural, so English cooks usually keep it as it is.
How PORCINI is used
Porcini turns up in recipes, restaurant menus and food shops as a fresh or dried ingredient.
- Soak the dried porcini in warm water for twenty minutes.
- The risotto was rich with porcini and butter.
- We found porcini under the pines after the rain.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORCINI and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PORCINI
1 longer words begin with PORCINI.
Shorter words from the letters in PORCINI
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Common questions about PORCINI
- Is PORCINI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PORCINI, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PORCINI worth?
- PORCINI is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORCINI mean?
- A thick-stemmed, brown-capped wild mushroom prized in Italian cooking, often sold dried.
- What letters can be added to PORCINI?
- PORCINI takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PORCINI:
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