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Is pilchard a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pilchard is a Scrabble US word. The word pilchard is worth 16 points in Scrabble:

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Is pilchard a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pilchard is a Scrabble UK word and has 16 points:

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Yes. The word pilchard is a Words With Friends word. The word pilchard is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (1 found)

PILCHARD,

6-letter words (7 found)

ARCHIL,CALIPH,CAPRID,CHADRI,CHIRAL,DIARCH,PLACID,

5-letter words (36 found)

ACRID,ALCID,APHID,ARCHI,CAIRD,CALID,CAPRI,CARDI,CARPI,CHAIR,CHARD,CHILD,CHIRL,CHIRP,DARIC,DRAIL,HALID,HILAR,LAICH,LAIRD,LARCH,LIARD,LIDAR,PADRI,PARCH,PARDI,PHIAL,PICAL,PICRA,PILAR,PILCH,PLAID,PLICA,PRIAL,RALPH,RAPID,

4-letter words (70 found)

ACID,ARCH,ARID,ARIL,CADI,CAID,CALP,CAPH,CAPI,CARD,CARL,CARP,CHAD,CHAI,CHAL,CHAP,CHAR,CHIA,CHID,CHIP,CIRL,CLAD,CLAP,CLIP,CRAP,CRIA,CRIP,DAHL,DALI,DARI,DHAL,DIAL,DICH,DIRL,DRAC,DRAP,DRIP,HAIL,HAIR,HARD,HARL,HARP,HILA,HILD,LAIC,LAID,LAIR,LARD,LARI,LIAR,LICH,LIPA,LIRA,PADI,PAID,PAIL,PAIR,PALI,PARD,PIAL,PICA,PILA,PIRL,PRAD,RACH,RAID,RAIL,RIAD,RIAL,RICH,

3-letter words (48 found)

ACH,AHI,AID,AIL,AIR,ALP,ARC,ARD,CAD,CAL,CAP,CAR,CHA,CHI,CID,DAH,DAL,DAP,DIP,HAD,HAP,HIC,HID,HIP,ICH,LAC,LAD,LAH,LAP,LAR,LID,LIP,PAC,PAD,PAH,PAL,PAR,PHI,PIA,PIC,PIR,RAD,RAH,RAI,RAP,RIA,RID,RIP,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AH,AI,AL,AR,CH,DA,DI,HA,HI,ID,LA,LI,PA,PI,

You can make 177 words from pilchard according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pilchard

pilchard

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪl.tʃəd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɪl.t͡ʃɚd/

Noun

pilchard (plural pilchard or pilchards)

  1. Any of various small oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae.
    • 1839, John Hookham Frere (translator), The Birds, lines 76–77, in Acharnians and two other plays
      He longs occasionally for human diet,
      His old Athenian fare: pilchards, for instance.

Usage notes

The terms sardine and pilchard are not precise, and what is meant depends on the region. Often, the smaller fish are termed sardines and the larger ones pilchards.

Synonyms

  • (small fish): sardine

Translations

See also

  • pilchard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Noun

pilchard m (plural pilchards)

  1. pilchard, sardine

Further reading

  • “pilchard”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org