PANSY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PANSY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANSY?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANSY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANSY
No single letter turns PANSY into another word.
How PANSY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PANSY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 87,138.
What does PANSY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A low-growing garden plant grown for its flat, rounded flowers, which typically show two or three colors blended together with dark central markings.
The pansy belongs to the viola family and was developed largely through nineteenth-century breeding that widened its color range and enlarged its markings into the dark, face-like center many gardeners recognize today. Because it tolerates cool weather better than most bedding flowers, the pansy is a favorite for early spring and late autumn planting, often appearing in beds and containers before summer flowers can survive outside. Its name comes from the French word pensee, meaning thought, since the drooping flower head was once said to resemble a person lost in thought.
How PANSY is used
Common in gardening writing and plant catalogs, almost always naming the flower rather than any figurative sense.
- She planted a border of purple and yellow pansy seedlings along the front walk.
- The pansy tolerated the late frost better than the other bedding flowers.
- A single pansy bloomed early, its dark center facing the morning sun.
- Garden centers stock pansy plants as soon as the coldest weeks of winter pass.
- He pressed a dried pansy between the pages of his notebook.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANSY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PANSY
Common questions about PANSY
- Is PANSY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANSY, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANSY worth?
- PANSY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANSY mean?
- A low-growing garden plant grown for its flat, rounded flowers, which typically show two or three colors blended together with dark central markings.
- What letters can be added to PANSY?
- No single letter can be added to PANSY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PANSY:
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