PYA is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PYA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYA?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYA is to know. It scores 8 from 3 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYA scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PYA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,492.
What stands out about PYA
- The same 3 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PYA mean in Scrabble?
noun
A unit of money in Myanmar, worth a hundredth of a kyat.
The pya is the small change of a currency whose small change stopped being worth carrying, and coins in it are no longer struck. It survives on paper, in accounting and in exchange tables, exactly as a good many subunits do once inflation has left them behind.
How PYA is used
Countable: a pya, two pyas. Historical in practice; the unit remains on paper.
- Prices were quoted in pya long after the coins vanished.
- A pya buys nothing and has not for a generation.
- The table lists the kyat and the pya side by side.
- Collectors keep a pya for the design rather than the value.
- The word pya appears in ledgers and nowhere else.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PYA
The 3 tiles of PYA in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PYA
6 longer words begin with PYA.
Words with PYA inside
9 words contain PYA in the middle. Words that start with PYA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PYA
Common questions about PYA
- Is PYA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYA, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYA worth?
- PYA is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYA mean?
- A unit of money in Myanmar, worth a hundredth of a kyat.
- What letters can be added to PYA?
- PYA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PYA:
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