PEN is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. PEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEN?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEN is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 7 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEN
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEN scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in PEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,123.
What does PEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
An instrument for writing with ink.
Pen comes from the Latin for a feather, because quills were what people wrote with for over a thousand years. A separate pen is an enclosure for animals, and a third is a female swan — all three are unrelated to each other.
How PEN is used
Countable. Also a verb: penned, penning.
- The pen ran dry halfway through the signature.
- The word pen comes from the Latin for a feather.
- They penned the sheep in the top field overnight.
- A female swan is a pen and the male is a cob.
- Two pens in a pocket and both of them leaking.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PEN
The 3 tiles of PEN in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PEN
Showing 24 of 542 words that begin with PEN.
Words ending in PEN
Showing 24 of 54 words that end in PEN. Useful as a back hook: play PEN onto a word already on the board.
Words with PEN inside
Showing 24 of 826 words that contain PEN somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PEN are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PEN
Common questions about PEN
- Is PEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEN worth?
- PEN is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEN mean?
- An instrument for writing with ink.
- What letters can be added to PEN?
- PEN takes 7 hooks: 1 in front and 6 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of PEN:
Open PEN in the Word Finder