Is PELICAN a word?
PELICAN is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 2 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PELICAN is a valid word.
What does pelican mean?
noun: large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish.
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PELICAN: word details
- Pronunciation: PEH-luh-kuhn (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of pelican
Shorter words inside pelican
Words you can make from the letters of pelican.
Solve a whole rack, not just PELICAN
PELICAN is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PELICAN mean?
PELICAN is a noun. It means: large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish.
Is PELICAN a valid word?
Yes, PELICAN is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.