PORCUPINE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PORCUPINE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PORCUPINE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PORCUPINE is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PORCUPINE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
porcupinesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PORCUPINE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PORCUPINE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PORCUPINE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PORCUPINE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A large rodent whose body is covered with long, sharp defensive quills.
A threatened porcupine raises and rattles its quills, and they stay in the skin of an attacker. Despite the stories, it cannot shoot them and only sheds them on contact.
How PORCUPINE is used
Ordinary animal word; often used figuratively for a prickly person or a spiky object.
- The porcupine backed toward the fox with its quills raised.
- A porcupine gnawed the bark off the young tree.
- The dog came home with quills from a porcupine in its nose.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PORCUPINE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PORCUPINE
1 longer words begin with PORCUPINE.
Shorter words from the letters in PORCUPINE
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Common questions about PORCUPINE
- Is PORCUPINE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PORCUPINE, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PORCUPINE worth?
- PORCUPINE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PORCUPINE mean?
- A large rodent whose body is covered with long, sharp defensive quills.
- What letters can be added to PORCUPINE?
- PORCUPINE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PORCUPINE:
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