PYGMEAN is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PYGMEAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYGMEAN?
| 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: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYGMEAN is to know. It scores 15 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYGMEAN
No single letter turns PYGMEAN into another word.
How PYGMEAN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PYGMEAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,029 thousand.
What does PYGMEAN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literaryrare
Resembling a pygmy; dwarfish or very small.
Pygmean is an uncommon descriptive word for something tiny in stature or scope. Writers sometimes use it figuratively for a petty or insignificant thing. The spelling pigmean is a rarer relative.
How PYGMEAN is used
Pygmean is rare and literary, used for very small size or slight importance.
- A pygmean tree clung to the rocky ledge.
- The critic dismissed it as a pygmean effort.
- He felt pygmean beside the towering cliffs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYGMEAN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PYGMEAN
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Common questions about PYGMEAN
- Is PYGMEAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYGMEAN, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYGMEAN worth?
- PYGMEAN is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYGMEAN mean?
- Resembling a pygmy; dwarfish or very small.
- What letters can be added to PYGMEAN?
- No single letter can be added to PYGMEAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PYGMEAN:
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