PERMEANT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. PERMEANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PERMEANT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PERMEANT is to know. It scores 12 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PERMEANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
permeantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PERMEANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PERMEANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PERMEANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PERMEANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Passing through or spreading throughout something.
Permeant describes whatever is in the act of seeping into a material or filling a space, such as a gas moving into a membrane. As a noun, it is the substance that does the passing through, a term used in chemistry and physics.
How PERMEANT is used
Permeant is rare in everyday speech and found mostly in scientific writing.
- The permeant gas slowly crossed the polymer film.
- A permeant mood of gloom hung over the town.
- Tests measured how fast each permeant entered the membrane.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PERMEANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PERMEANT
The 8 tiles of PERMEANT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with PERMEANT
1 longer words begin with PERMEANT.
Shorter words from the letters in PERMEANT
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Common questions about PERMEANT
- Is PERMEANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PERMEANT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PERMEANT worth?
- PERMEANT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PERMEANT mean?
- Passing through or spreading throughout something.
- What letters can be added to PERMEANT?
- PERMEANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PERMEANT:
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