PUNGENT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. PUNGENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PUNGENT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PUNGENT is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PUNGENT
No single letter turns PUNGENT into another word.
How PUNGENT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PUNGENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 617,576.
What does PUNGENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Having a sharp, strong taste or smell.
Raw garlic, vinegar and strong cheese are pungent. Used about speech or wit, it means biting and caustic.
How PUNGENT is used
Pungent can be praise for spices or a complaint about a sharp odour.
- The pungent smell of onions filled the kitchen.
- He wrote a pungent review of the play.
- A pungent sauce of chilli and lime covered the fish.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PUNGENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PUNGENT
1 longer words begin with PUNGENT.
Shorter words from the letters in PUNGENT
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Common questions about PUNGENT
- Is PUNGENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PUNGENT, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PUNGENT worth?
- PUNGENT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PUNGENT mean?
- Having a sharp, strong taste or smell.
- What letters can be added to PUNGENT?
- No single letter can be added to PUNGENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PUNGENT:
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