PENTAD is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PENTAD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENTAD?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENTAD is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENTAD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pentadsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PENTAD scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PENTAD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about PENTAD
- 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 PENTAD mean in Scrabble?
noun
A group or set of five things.
The word comes from the Greek for five and sits beside dyad, triad and tetrad in the family of counting nouns. A pentad can be a set of five years, five people, five poems or five notes, and in older chemistry it also named an element that combines with five atoms of hydrogen. Today it appears mostly in scholarly or deliberately formal writing.
How PENTAD is used
Formal and uncommon; found in scholarly, mathematical and literary contexts.
- The editor arranged the poems in a pentad at the end of the book.
- Each pentad of the survey covered five years of data.
- A musical pentad is a run of five notes.
- The school was led by a pentad of senior teachers.
- Nitrogen was once called a pentad in some chemistry textbooks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENTAD and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PENTAD
The 6 tiles of PENTAD in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PENTAD
13 longer words begin with PENTAD.
Shorter words from the letters in PENTAD
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Common questions about PENTAD
- Is PENTAD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENTAD, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENTAD worth?
- PENTAD is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENTAD mean?
- A group or set of five things.
- What letters can be added to PENTAD?
- PENTAD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PENTAD:
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