Pilaff
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
A dish of rice cooked in well-seasoned stock, typically prepared with onions or celery and often including meat, poultry, or shellfish.
“She served a fragrant pilaff of basmati rice infused with saffron and tender slow-cooked lamb.”
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Wordle
Ends in double F, starts with PIL, contains A in the middle, one of several valid spellings of this dish
Scrabble
Worth 14 points, double F uses two F tiles, all three spellings PILAF, PILAFF, and PILAU are valid in Scrabble
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