PENNE is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. PENNE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENNE?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENNE is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENNE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENNE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in PENNE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,024.
What does PENNE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A type of short, tube-shaped pasta with ends cut at an angle.
Penne takes its name from the Italian word for a quill pen, because the diagonal cut at each end of the tube echoes the pointed nib of an old-fashioned pen. The hollow tube and ridged surface of penne let a sauce cling both inside and outside the pasta, which is why cooks often pair it with thick tomato or cream sauces rather than thin broths. It is one of the most widely stocked pasta shapes outside Italy, sold dried in nearly every supermarket.
How PENNE is used
An everyday word in cooking and on restaurant menus, used exactly as borrowed from Italian.
- She boiled the penne for eleven minutes until it was just tender.
- The recipe calls for penne tossed with a spicy tomato sauce.
- He ordered penne arrabbiata at the small trattoria.
- A bag of penne sat next to the spaghetti on the shelf.
- The children prefer penne to spaghetti because it is easier to fork up.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENNE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENNE
8 longer words begin with PENNE.
Words with PENNE inside
6 words contain PENNE in the middle. Words that start with PENNE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PENNE
Common questions about PENNE
- Is PENNE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENNE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENNE worth?
- PENNE is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENNE mean?
- A type of short, tube-shaped pasta with ends cut at an angle.
- What letters can be added to PENNE?
- PENNE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of PENNE:
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