TENPENNY is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. TENPENNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TENPENNY?
| 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: 40 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TENPENNY is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TENPENNY
No single letter turns TENPENNY into another word.
How TENPENNY scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in TENPENNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| n | 3 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so TENPENNY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does TENPENNY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Describing a nail of a standard size, about three inches long.
Carpenters still order a tenpenny nail by this old name, even though the price it once referred to is long forgotten. In older British usage the word could also mean simply costing ten pence.
How TENPENNY is used
Tenpenny is mostly used in carpentry and building supply to name a nail size.
- He drove a tenpenny nail through the beam.
- The framing crew bought a box of tenpenny nails.
- A tenpenny spike held the gate post firmly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TENPENNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in TENPENNY
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Common questions about TENPENNY
- Is TENPENNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TENPENNY, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TENPENNY worth?
- TENPENNY is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TENPENNY mean?
- Describing a nail of a standard size, about three inches long.
- What letters can be added to TENPENNY?
- No single letter can be added to TENPENNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of TENPENNY:
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