PENI is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. PENI is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 6 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept PENI?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENI is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENI scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PENI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 3,026.
What stands out about PENI
- The same 4 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PENI mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An old spelling of penny, the small British coin.
Peni turns up in older ledgers and texts as an alternative way of writing penny before English spelling settled into its modern form. It carries the same meaning as penny, just recorded with an older, now unused spelling.
How PENI is used
Historical spelling; modern English uses penny.
- The merchant counted out each peni carefully.
- A single peni bought little even in those days.
- The old ledger recorded prices down to the last peni.
- She kept a peni tucked away for luck.
- The toll was one peni per traveller.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PENI
The 4 tiles of PENI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PENI
Showing 24 of 50 words that begin with PENI.
Words ending in PENI
1 words end in PENI. Useful as a back hook: play PENI onto a word already on the board.
Words with PENI inside
Showing 24 of 68 words that contain PENI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PENI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PENI
Common questions about PENI
- Is PENI valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and PENI is not in it.
- How many points is PENI worth?
- PENI is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENI mean?
- An old spelling of penny, the small British coin.
- What letters can be added to PENI?
- PENI takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PENI:
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