PEND is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PEND is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEND?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PEND is to know. It scores 7 from 4 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEND
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEND scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PEND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,808.
What does PEND mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To hang suspended, or to remain undecided while awaiting a decision or resolution.
A matter that is said to pend remains open and unresolved, left hanging until a decision arrives. Courts once used pend for a case still awaiting judgment, and the word chiefly survives today in its descendant pending.
How PEND is used
Now mostly archaic outside legal writing; the modern form pending is far more common in everyday speech.
- The lawsuit will pend until the judge reviews all evidence.
- Her promotion seemed to pend for months before approval.
- Contracts often pend when signatures are still missing.
- The decision pended for weeks before the board finally acted.
- Old records show the inheritance case did pend for years.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PEND
Showing 24 of 38 words that begin with PEND.
Words ending in PEND
23 words end in PEND. Useful as a back hook: play PEND onto a word already on the board.
Words with PEND inside
Showing 24 of 206 words that contain PEND somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PEND are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PEND
Common questions about PEND
- Is PEND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEND, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEND worth?
- PEND is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEND mean?
- To hang suspended, or to remain undecided while awaiting a decision or resolution.
- What letters can be added to PEND?
- PEND takes 4 hooks: 2 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PEND:
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