PENTAHEDRAL is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. PENTAHEDRAL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PENTAHEDRAL?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PENTAHEDRAL is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PENTAHEDRAL
No single letter turns PENTAHEDRAL into another word.
How PENTAHEDRAL scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in PENTAHEDRAL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PENTAHEDRAL has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PENTAHEDRAL mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Having five flat faces, or shaped like a solid with five faces.
Pentahedral shapes include the square pyramid and the triangular prism. Geometers use the term for solids, never for flat figures. It appears in crystallography and geometry texts.
How PENTAHEDRAL is used
Pentahedral is used in geometry and mineralogy to describe solids and crystals.
- A pentahedral crystal formed inside the rock.
- The pyramid is a pentahedral solid with a square base.
- The roof was built in a pentahedral shape.
- Students sketched a pentahedral figure on the board.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PENTAHEDRAL and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
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Common questions about PENTAHEDRAL
- Is PENTAHEDRAL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PENTAHEDRAL, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PENTAHEDRAL worth?
- PENTAHEDRAL is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PENTAHEDRAL mean?
- Having five flat faces, or shaped like a solid with five faces.
- What letters can be added to PENTAHEDRAL?
- No single letter can be added to PENTAHEDRAL to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of PENTAHEDRAL:
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