PANTOUM is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PANTOUM is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PANTOUM?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PANTOUM is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PANTOUM
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pantoumsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PANTOUM scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PANTOUM, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does PANTOUM mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A verse form of Malay origin in which lines repeat in an interlocking pattern across the stanzas.
Poets writing a pantoum take the second and fourth lines of one stanza and use them as the first and third of the next. French and English writers adopted it in the nineteenth century, and its looping repetition suits memory and obsession.
How PANTOUM is used
Pantoum is used in literary criticism and poetry workshops.
- She wrote a pantoum about her grandmother's kitchen.
- Each stanza of a pantoum echoes the lines before it.
- The workshop asked students to compose a pantoum in class.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PANTOUM and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PANTOUM
1 longer words begin with PANTOUM.
Shorter words from the letters in PANTOUM
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Common questions about PANTOUM
- Is PANTOUM valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PANTOUM, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PANTOUM worth?
- PANTOUM is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PANTOUM mean?
- A verse form of Malay origin in which lines repeat in an interlocking pattern across the stanzas.
- What letters can be added to PANTOUM?
- PANTOUM takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PANTOUM:
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