PNEUMA is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PNEUMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PNEUMA?
| 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 PNEUMA is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PNEUMA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pneumasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PNEUMA scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PNEUMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does PNEUMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The vital breath or spirit that ancient Greek thinkers held to animate a living body.
In Greek the word first meant a breath or a wind, and philosophers then stretched it to mean the life force that moves through the body. Stoic writers pictured pneuma as a fine substance spread through the whole universe, and early physicians used it for the vapour they believed travelled along the arteries. Christian writers later borrowed it for the divine spirit, which is why it still turns up in theology and in words like pneumatic.
How PNEUMA is used
Literary and scholarly; used when discussing Greek philosophy, ancient medicine or theology.
- The Stoics taught that pneuma pervades every part of the cosmos.
- Galen wrote at length about the pneuma carried in the blood vessels.
- The essay traces how pneuma shifted from meaning wind to meaning soul.
- In the New Testament the Greek pneuma is often rendered as spirit.
- She explained that the pneuma was the animating principle of the body.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PNEUMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PNEUMA
23 longer words begin with PNEUMA.
Shorter words from the letters in PNEUMA
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Common questions about PNEUMA
- Is PNEUMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PNEUMA, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PNEUMA worth?
- PNEUMA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PNEUMA mean?
- The vital breath or spirit that ancient Greek thinkers held to animate a living body.
- What letters can be added to PNEUMA?
- PNEUMA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PNEUMA:
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