PRATINCOLE is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. PRATINCOLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PRATINCOLE?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PRATINCOLE is to know. It scores 14 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PRATINCOLE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pratincolesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PRATINCOLE scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PRATINCOLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PRATINCOLE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PRATINCOLE
- All 10 letters of PRATINCOLE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PRATINCOLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A long-winged, fork-tailed wading bird of the Old World that catches insects in flight and lives near water.
The pratincole is related to the plovers but flies and hunts rather like a swallow. Birdwatchers look for it over rivers and marshes in Africa, Asia and southern Europe.
How PRATINCOLE is used
A bird-watching term; the scientific genus is Glareola.
- A pratincole swooped over the reeds after midges.
- The pratincole nests on bare ground near the river.
- She ticked off her first pratincole on the trip.
- Long wings and a forked tail mark the pratincole in flight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PRATINCOLE and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PRATINCOLE
1 longer words begin with PRATINCOLE.
Shorter words from the letters in PRATINCOLE
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Common questions about PRATINCOLE
- Is PRATINCOLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PRATINCOLE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PRATINCOLE worth?
- PRATINCOLE is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PRATINCOLE mean?
- A long-winged, fork-tailed wading bird of the Old World that catches insects in flight and lives near water.
- What letters can be added to PRATINCOLE?
- PRATINCOLE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PRATINCOLE:
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