PENSILE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PENSILE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENSILE?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENSILE is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENSILE
No single letter turns PENSILE into another word.
How PENSILE scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PENSILE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 140,358.
What does PENSILE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Hanging down loosely, or built so as to hang from a support.
Pensile describes something dangling, such as the woven nests of weaver birds slung from branch tips. It is more often found in nature writing than in speech. The sense is close to pendulous.
How PENSILE is used
Pensile is a literary or scientific word for things that hang.
- The oriole built a pensile nest at the end of the bough.
- Pensile branches trailed into the pond.
- A pensile garden of ferns hung from the balcony.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENSILE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENSILE
2 longer words begin with PENSILE.
Shorter words from the letters in PENSILE
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Common questions about PENSILE
- Is PENSILE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENSILE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENSILE worth?
- PENSILE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENSILE mean?
- Hanging down loosely, or built so as to hang from a support.
- What letters can be added to PENSILE?
- No single letter can be added to PENSILE to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PENSILE:
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