PLANGENT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. PLANGENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLANGENT?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLANGENT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLANGENT
No single letter turns PLANGENT into another word.
How PLANGENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in PLANGENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLANGENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLANGENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Loud, deep and resonant, usually with a mournful or sad tone.
Writers reach for plangent when a bell, a cello or a human voice carries a sorrowful ring that lingers. The word also once described waves beating on a shore.
How PLANGENT is used
A literary adjective, most often applied to sounds and music.
- The plangent note of a distant bell drifted over the fields.
- Her plangent voice filled the empty hall.
- The cello gave the piece a plangent beauty.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLANGENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLANGENT
1 longer words begin with PLANGENT.
Shorter words from the letters in PLANGENT
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Common questions about PLANGENT
- Is PLANGENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLANGENT, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLANGENT worth?
- PLANGENT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLANGENT mean?
- Loud, deep and resonant, usually with a mournful or sad tone.
- What letters can be added to PLANGENT?
- No single letter can be added to PLANGENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of PLANGENT:
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