ANTEPENULT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANTEPENULT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANTEPENULT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANTEPENULT is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANTEPENULT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
antepenultsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANTEPENULT scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANTEPENULT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANTEPENULT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANTEPENULT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The third syllable from the end of a word.
Grammarians use antepenult when describing stress and verse. In the word accumulate, the stress falls on the antepenult, the syllable before the last two. It is the shortened form of antepenultimate.
How ANTEPENULT is used
Used in linguistics, phonetics and prosody.
- In Latin, stress may fall on the antepenult.
- The antepenult of the word is stressed in many English nouns.
- He counted back to find the antepenult.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANTEPENULT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANTEPENULT
4 longer words begin with ANTEPENULT.
Shorter words from the letters in ANTEPENULT
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Common questions about ANTEPENULT
- Is ANTEPENULT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANTEPENULT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANTEPENULT worth?
- ANTEPENULT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANTEPENULT mean?
- The third syllable from the end of a word.
- What letters can be added to ANTEPENULT?
- ANTEPENULT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANTEPENULT:
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