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/piː/
noun

Is PEA a Scrabble word?

Yes. PEA is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends.

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Meaning Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.

Noun 4 meanings

  1. Any of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.

  2. The edible seed of Pisum sativum.

  3. The edible seed of various other pea plants.

  4. Any of several varieties of bean.

    “peas and rice”

Definitions adapted from Wiktionary: pea via Kaikki/Wiktextract, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it comes from

Etymology

Back-formation from pease, an original singular reinterpreted as a plural. Further from Middle English pese (“a pea”), from Old English pise, from Latin pisa, pisum, from Ancient Greek πίσον (píson).

PEA at a glance

PEA has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (P 3 + E 1 + A 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #13,941 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).

Words ending in -PEA

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Same last three letters as PEA. This is a spelling match, so not every word here rhymes.

  • CHICKPEA21
  • SWEETPEA13
  • COWPEA13
  • EARTHPEA13
  • HEARTPEA13

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