PENSIL is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. PENSIL 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 PENSIL?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENSIL is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENSIL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENSIL scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PENSIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,487.
What stands out about PENSIL
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PENSIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
heraldryhistorical
A small, tapering pennon, especially one carried on a lance or displayed in heraldic use.
Pensil names a smaller and narrower flag than the ordinary pennon, closer in scale to a streamer than to a full banner. Heraldic writers also spell the same word pencel or pensel, all three forms pointing to the identical small tapering flag rather than to different objects. Because pensil is defined by its reduced size, a herald distinguishes it from the larger pennon by scale rather than by shape or purpose. The word survives today mainly in historical and heraldic writing about medieval flags and their ranked sizes.
How PENSIL is used
Historical and heraldic; rare outside specialist writing about medieval flags and their ranks.
- A pensil no longer than a forearm topped the squire's short lance.
- Heralds ranked the pensil below the larger flags in size and status.
- The manuscript illustration showed a tiny pensil above the tent flap.
- Historians note that pensil, pencel and pensel all name the same small flag.
- The re-enactors sewed a pensil to mark the junior rider's place.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENSIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PENSIL
The 6 tiles of PENSIL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PENSIL
6 longer words begin with PENSIL.
Shorter words from the letters in PENSIL
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Common questions about PENSIL
- Is PENSIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENSIL, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENSIL worth?
- PENSIL is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENSIL mean?
- A small, tapering pennon, especially one carried on a lance or displayed in heraldic use.
- What letters can be added to PENSIL?
- PENSIL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PENSIL:
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