PLEASANCE is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PLEASANCE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PLEASANCE?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PLEASANCE is to know. It scores 13 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PLEASANCE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pleasancesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PLEASANCE scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in PLEASANCE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so PLEASANCE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does PLEASANCE mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A pleasant, secluded part of a garden, or an old word for pleasure.
A pleasance was a walled garden laid out with trees and paths for quiet enjoyment, often attached to a great house. In older writing the word simply meant delight or gaiety. Today pleasance survives mostly in place names and historical descriptions.
How PLEASANCE is used
Archaic or literary; found in historical writing and place names.
- The castle had a shady pleasance beside the moat.
- They strolled through the pleasance after supper.
- Poets once sang of the pleasance of spring.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PLEASANCE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PLEASANCE
1 longer words begin with PLEASANCE.
Shorter words from the letters in PLEASANCE
Showing 40 of 354. See all in the Word Finder
Common questions about PLEASANCE
- Is PLEASANCE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PLEASANCE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PLEASANCE worth?
- PLEASANCE is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PLEASANCE mean?
- A pleasant, secluded part of a garden, or an old word for pleasure.
- What letters can be added to PLEASANCE?
- PLEASANCE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of PLEASANCE:
Open PLEASANCE in the Word Finder