PENSIONARY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PENSIONARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENSIONARY?
| 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 PENSIONARY is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENSIONARY
No single letter turns PENSIONARY into another word.
How PENSIONARY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PENSIONARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PENSIONARY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PENSIONARY mean in Scrabble?
noun
formalhistorical
A person who receives a pension, or a senior town official in the old Dutch republic.
Historians meet the second sense most often, in accounts of the Netherlands, where a pensionary acted as legal adviser and spokesman for a town or province. The first sense is rarer and sounds old-fashioned.
How PENSIONARY is used
Pensionary is mostly historical, with the Dutch office as its best-known use.
- The pensionary of Holland led the negotiations with foreign envoys.
- As a royal pensionary he lived quietly on a modest yearly sum.
- Each city sent its pensionary to the assembly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENSIONARY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PENSIONARY
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Common questions about PENSIONARY
- Is PENSIONARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENSIONARY, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENSIONARY worth?
- PENSIONARY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENSIONARY mean?
- A person who receives a pension, or a senior town official in the old Dutch republic.
- What letters can be added to PENSIONARY?
- No single letter can be added to PENSIONARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PENSIONARY:
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