PENNYWEIGHT is a valid Scrabble word — 23 points
Yes. PENNYWEIGHT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 23 points in Scrabble and 25 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENNYWEIGHT?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENNYWEIGHT is to know. It scores 23 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENNYWEIGHT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pennyweightsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENNYWEIGHT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PENNYWEIGHT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PENNYWEIGHT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PENNYWEIGHT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historicaltechnical
A troy unit of weight equal to twenty-four grains, or one twentieth of a troy ounce.
The name recalls the old silver penny, whose weight set the unit. Jewellers and gold dealers still sometimes quote small amounts of precious metal in pennyweights.
How PENNYWEIGHT is used
Pennyweight is chiefly met in jewellery, gold trading and historical texts, and is often written dwt.
- The ring contained about three pennyweight of gold.
- A pennyweight is a very small amount of metal.
- The assayer recorded the silver in ounces and pennyweights.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENNYWEIGHT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENNYWEIGHT
1 longer words begin with PENNYWEIGHT.
Shorter words from the letters in PENNYWEIGHT
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Common questions about PENNYWEIGHT
- Is PENNYWEIGHT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENNYWEIGHT, where it scores 25 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENNYWEIGHT worth?
- PENNYWEIGHT is worth 23 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENNYWEIGHT mean?
- A troy unit of weight equal to twenty-four grains, or one twentieth of a troy ounce.
- What letters can be added to PENNYWEIGHT?
- PENNYWEIGHT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PENNYWEIGHT:
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