PENSEE is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PENSEE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENSEE?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENSEE is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENSEE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
penseesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENSEE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PENSEE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 112,884.
What does PENSEE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A brief written thought or reflection, especially one crafted as a short literary composition.
Pensee comes directly from French pensée, meaning a thought, and English writers borrowed it to describe short, polished reflections rather than casual passing ideas. The word is strongly associated with the philosopher Blaise Pascal, whose posthumously published collection of fragments carries the French title Pensées. In English use, a pensee sits closer to an aphorism or maxim than to an everyday musing, valued for compact phrasing rather than length. Because the word keeps its French flavour in careful writing, it signals a deliberately literary register rather than ordinary prose.
How PENSEE is used
Literary and formal; used when discussing collections of aphorisms or philosophical fragments rather than in everyday speech.
- The essayist opened each chapter with a short pensee.
- Scholars still study Pascal's pensee on the nature of belief.
- She jotted a pensee in the margin of her notebook.
- The anthology collected pensee after pensee from French moral writers.
- His final pensee reflected on the shortness of life.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENSEE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENSEE
1 longer words begin with PENSEE.
Shorter words from the letters in PENSEE
Common questions about PENSEE
- Is PENSEE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENSEE, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENSEE worth?
- PENSEE is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENSEE mean?
- A brief written thought or reflection, especially one crafted as a short literary composition.
- What letters can be added to PENSEE?
- PENSEE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PENSEE:
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