PENNYCRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PENNYCRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENNYCRESS?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENNYCRESS is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENNYCRESS
No single letter turns PENNYCRESS into another word.
How PENNYCRESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PENNYCRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PENNYCRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PENNYCRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A weedy plant of the cabbage family with small white flowers and flat, round seed pods.
Field pennycress gets its name from coin-like pods that look like small pennies. It grows on waste ground and in fields across Europe and North America. Researchers have shown interest in pennycress seeds as a source of oil.
How PENNYCRESS is used
Used in botany and farming; a common weed name.
- The farmer cursed the pennycress that spread across the field.
- Pennycress seed pods look like tiny flat coins.
- Some growers plant pennycress as a winter cover crop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENNYCRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENNYCRESS
1 longer words begin with PENNYCRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in PENNYCRESS
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Common questions about PENNYCRESS
- Is PENNYCRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENNYCRESS, where it scores 20 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENNYCRESS worth?
- PENNYCRESS is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENNYCRESS mean?
- A weedy plant of the cabbage family with small white flowers and flat, round seed pods.
- What letters can be added to PENNYCRESS?
- No single letter can be added to PENNYCRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PENNYCRESS:
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