PYLON is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PYLON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PYLON?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PYLON is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PYLON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pylonsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PYLON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PYLON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 98,031.
What does PYLON mean in Scrabble?
noun
A tall steel tower used to carry overhead electric power lines; more generally, any tower-like structure marking a gateway, boundary, or path.
Across open countryside, a line of pylons strides toward the horizon, each tower holding high-voltage cables well above roads, fields, and buildings. The word reaches back to ancient Egypt, where a pylon named the massive, truncated pyramid-shaped towers flanking the entrance to a temple, a sense modern Egyptology still uses. Smaller pylons mark race courses and airfields, guiding pilots or drivers around a fixed turning point, and the plastic cones set out on roads to redirect traffic are sometimes called pylons too. Whatever the size, every pylon shares the same basic job of marking or supporting something along a route.
How PYLON is used
Common in everyday, engineering, and archaeological writing, with the exact structure depending on context.
- Workers climbed the pylon to repair a damaged cable.
- The temple's ancient pylon towered over approaching visitors.
- Pilots banked sharply around the racing pylon.
- Road crews set out orange pylons to close the lane.
- A row of pylons crossed the valley toward the power station.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PYLON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PYLON
1 longer words begin with PYLON.
Words ending in PYLON
1 words end in PYLON. Useful as a back hook: play PYLON onto a word already on the board.
Words with PYLON inside
1 words contain PYLON in the middle. Words that start with PYLON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PYLON
Common questions about PYLON
- Is PYLON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PYLON, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PYLON worth?
- PYLON is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PYLON mean?
- A tall steel tower used to carry overhead electric power lines; more generally, any tower-like structure marking a gateway, boundary, or path.
- What letters can be added to PYLON?
- PYLON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PYLON:
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