PENT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. PENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENT?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in PENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,538.
What does PENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Closely confined or held back, especially within an enclosed space.
Something described as pent is shut up tightly and given no room to move or escape, as when animals are pent in a small pen or feelings are pent inside a person who dares not show them. The word survives today mostly in the compound pent-up, where held-back energy or emotion finally breaks free. Its older, plain form still appears in older writing describing rooms, animals or crowds boxed into a tight space.
How PENT is used
Now mostly seen in the fixed phrase pent-up; the plain form pent alone is literary or old-fashioned.
- The dogs stood pent behind a low wooden fence.
- Years of pent anger finally spilled out in one bitter letter.
- The crowd was pent within the narrow courtyard until the gates opened.
- He described the pent air of the sealed cellar as almost unbreathable.
- Her pent excitement showed only in the quick tapping of her foot.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PENT
Showing 24 of 168 words that begin with PENT.
Words ending in PENT
17 words end in PENT. Useful as a back hook: play PENT onto a word already on the board.
Words with PENT inside
Showing 24 of 99 words that contain PENT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with PENT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in PENT
Common questions about PENT
- Is PENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENT worth?
- PENT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENT mean?
- Closely confined or held back, especially within an enclosed space.
- What letters can be added to PENT?
- PENT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of PENT:
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