PINCHPENNY is a valid Scrabble word — 22 points
Yes. PINCHPENNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 22 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PINCHPENNY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PINCHPENNY is to know. It scores 22 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PINCHPENNY
No single letter turns PINCHPENNY into another word.
How PINCHPENNY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in PINCHPENNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 2 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PINCHPENNY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PINCHPENNY mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
A person who is unwilling to spend money, being miserly and mean.
The image behind pinchpenny is of someone squeezing every coin until it hurts. It is a scornful label, harsher than thrifty and lighter than miser, and it is also used as an adjective for stingy behaviour.
How PINCHPENNY is used
Pinchpenny is informal and slightly old-fashioned, used to tease or criticise a tightfisted person.
- The old pinchpenny refused to heat the house in winter.
- Nobody invited the pinchpenny to dinner because he never paid his share.
- She called her uncle a pinchpenny after he gave her a single coin.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PINCHPENNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in PINCHPENNY
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Common questions about PINCHPENNY
- Is PINCHPENNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PINCHPENNY, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PINCHPENNY worth?
- PINCHPENNY is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PINCHPENNY mean?
- A person who is unwilling to spend money, being miserly and mean.
- What letters can be added to PINCHPENNY?
- No single letter can be added to PINCHPENNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of PINCHPENNY:
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