pile

NOUNVERB /paɪl/
4 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH P

pile is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3I1L1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =6 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 12TRIPLE WORD → 18
MEANING

What does pile mean?

NOUN · 8 SENSES
1

The yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave.

“for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
2

Battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; the earliest electric battery devised by Volta.

3

A large sum of money (especially as pay or profit).

BROADER
4

Fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs).

SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
5

A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.

8

A nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy.

VERB · 3 SENSES
1

Place or lay as if in a pile.

“The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested”

2

Arrange in stacks.

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
3

Press tightly together or cram.

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of pile

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