PENILE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PENILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENILE?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENILE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENILE
No single letter turns PENILE into another word.
How PENILE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PENILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 41,809.
What does PENILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medical
Relating to or affecting the penis.
Penile is the standard clinical adjective doctors and anatomy textbooks use whenever they need to describe something as belonging to or affecting this part of the male body, as in penile tissue or penile surgery. It follows a common pattern in medical English, where a Latin-derived ending such as -ile turns a body-part noun into a descriptive adjective, similar to how renal comes from kidney and cardiac from heart. Away from clinical writing, the word rarely appears in casual conversation, where more general or informal terms usually take its place. A closely related but far less common adjective, penial, carries exactly the same meaning.
How PENILE is used
Medical; standard in clinical and anatomical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The surgeon explained the penile procedure in careful detail.
- Textbooks describe penile tissue alongside other reproductive anatomy.
- The clinic specializes in penile and urological conditions.
- A penile injury of this kind needs prompt medical attention.
- Researchers studied penile blood flow using specialized equipment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENILE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PENILE
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Common questions about PENILE
- Is PENILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENILE, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENILE worth?
- PENILE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENILE mean?
- Relating to or affecting the penis.
- What letters can be added to PENILE?
- No single letter can be added to PENILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PENILE:
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