PERIPETY is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. PERIPETY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERIPETY?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERIPETY is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERIPETY
No single letter turns PERIPETY into another word.
How PERIPETY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PERIPETY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERIPETY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERIPETY mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryrare
A sudden reversal of fortune or an abrupt turn in the course of events, especially in a story.
Critics use peripety for the turning point in a drama where the hero's luck flips. It is the English form of the Greek peripeteia, and it shows up more in literary analysis than in everyday speech.
How PERIPETY is used
Peripety is a rare critical term for a sudden reversal in a plot or in life.
- The play's peripety arrives when the letter is read aloud.
- Aristotle praised a peripety that grows naturally from the plot.
- Her sudden fall from favour was a cruel peripety.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERIPETY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PERIPETY
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Common questions about PERIPETY
- Is PERIPETY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERIPETY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERIPETY worth?
- PERIPETY is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERIPETY mean?
- A sudden reversal of fortune or an abrupt turn in the course of events, especially in a story.
- What letters can be added to PERIPETY?
- No single letter can be added to PERIPETY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PERIPETY:
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