PENMAN is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PENMAN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENMAN?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENMAN is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENMAN
No single letter turns PENMAN into another word.
How PENMAN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PENMAN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What does PENMAN mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A person judged by how well they write, whether as a skilled hand-writer or as an author.
Before printing and typewriters, a penman earned a living by copying documents in a clear, handsome script. The word later widened to mean any writer, and a "fine penman" could praise either lovely handwriting or a gifted pen. It now sounds old-fashioned and is found mostly in historical or deliberately literary writing.
How PENMAN is used
Old-fashioned; the plural is penmen.
- The town clerk was a careful penman who wrote every line twice.
- No penman of his day could match the grace of her capitals.
- The firm hired a penman to address the invitations.
- He was a better penman than speaker.
- Every penman in the office envied the new copyist's hand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENMAN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENMAN
2 longer words begin with PENMAN.
Shorter words from the letters in PENMAN
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Common questions about PENMAN
- Is PENMAN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENMAN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENMAN worth?
- PENMAN is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENMAN mean?
- A person judged by how well they write, whether as a skilled hand-writer or as an author.
- What letters can be added to PENMAN?
- No single letter can be added to PENMAN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PENMAN:
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