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pillar

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Is pillar a Scrabble word?

Yes, pillar is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of pillar?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.

2. (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.Examples: "He's a pillar of the community."; "In the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, we recognized the fact that both Beijing and Taipei viewed Taiwan as part of China but unequivocally expressed our support for a peaceful settlement of the unification issue. While we should not alter the fundamental pillars of our policy, we should consider certain steps that will raise Taiwan's international standing."; "Star Trek is one of the pillars of modern entertainment."figuratively

3. (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.Examples: "two laye-men secular eache of theym holdynge a pillar In their hondes, steade of a mace"

4. (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.

5. (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.Examples: "Insufficient penetration, or faulty distribution of the blast, may give rise to "pillaring" — that is, the formation of a pillar or column of cold material extending up through the middle of the hearth"; "We discovered this new class of compounds in our search for a means of generating porosity by pillaring layered double hydroxides"; "In the pillaring-grafting reaction the dimensionality increases by pillaring the organic or precursory polynuclear metal hydroxyl cations into an inorganic layer structured matrix."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "pillar"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "pillar"?

Scrabble
8 points
P3
I1
L1
L1
A1
R1
Words With Friends
11 points
P4
I1
L2
L2
A1
R1

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