RANPIKE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. RANPIKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept RANPIKE?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful RANPIKE is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for RANPIKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ranpikesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How RANPIKE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in RANPIKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 228,732.
What does RANPIKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
dialect
A dead tree that is still standing, or one whose top has decayed.
A ranpike is a bare, weathered trunk left upright in a forest or field. Such snags are valued by woodpeckers and owls for nesting.
How RANPIKE is used
Ranpike is a rare dialect word, found mostly in North American regional writing.
- A lone ranpike stood against the evening sky.
- The woodpecker drummed on the dry ranpike.
- Lightning had turned the old pine into a pale ranpike.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of RANPIKE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with RANPIKE
1 longer words begin with RANPIKE.
Shorter words from the letters in RANPIKE
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Common questions about RANPIKE
- Is RANPIKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts RANPIKE, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is RANPIKE worth?
- RANPIKE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does RANPIKE mean?
- A dead tree that is still standing, or one whose top has decayed.
- What letters can be added to RANPIKE?
- RANPIKE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of RANPIKE:
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