PIGNUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PIGNUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PIGNUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 25 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PIGNUS is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PIGNUS
No single letter turns PIGNUS into another word.
How PIGNUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PIGNUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does PIGNUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
legalhistorical
In Roman law, a pledge: property handed over as security for a debt.
Roman jurists used pignus for a pledge in which the creditor held the goods until the debt was paid, though the debtor remained the owner. The word also named the contract that created such a pledge. It gives modern languages their words for pawn and pledge and survives in English only in discussions of Roman and civil law.
How PIGNUS is used
Legal and historical term; used when writing about Roman and civil law.
- The lender kept the ring as a pignus until payment was made.
- A pignus gave the creditor a claim on the goods.
- The contract of pignus is explained in the first lecture.
- Roman law treated a pignus differently from a sale.
- The farmer offered his tools as a pignus for the loan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PIGNUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PIGNUS
The 6 tiles of PIGNUS in a different order — 1 found.
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Common questions about PIGNUS
- Is PIGNUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PIGNUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PIGNUS worth?
- PIGNUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PIGNUS mean?
- In Roman law, a pledge: property handed over as security for a debt.
- What letters can be added to PIGNUS?
- No single letter can be added to PIGNUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PIGNUS:
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