PANEGYRIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PANEGYRIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANEGYRIC?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANEGYRIC is to know. It scores 17 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANEGYRIC
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANEGYRIC scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PANEGYRIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PANEGYRIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about PANEGYRIC
- All 9 letters of PANEGYRIC are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PANEGYRIC mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A speech or piece of writing that praises a person or achievement in lavish, formal terms.
The word comes from public speeches given at ancient Greek gatherings. Today a panegyric sounds slightly grand or even excessive, and reviewers sometimes use it when they think the praise has gone too far.
How PANEGYRIC is used
Found in literary and historical writing, often with delivered or wrote before panegyric.
- The poet delivered a panegyric to the new king.
- Her biography read like a long panegyric rather than a balanced account.
- The newspaper printed a panegyric on the retiring headmaster.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANEGYRIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANEGYRIC
5 longer words begin with PANEGYRIC.
Shorter words from the letters in PANEGYRIC
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Common questions about PANEGYRIC
- Is PANEGYRIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANEGYRIC, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANEGYRIC worth?
- PANEGYRIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANEGYRIC mean?
- A speech or piece of writing that praises a person or achievement in lavish, formal terms.
- What letters can be added to PANEGYRIC?
- PANEGYRIC takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PANEGYRIC:
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