THREEPENNY is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. THREEPENNY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept THREEPENNY?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful THREEPENNY is to know. It scores 18 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for THREEPENNY
No single letter turns THREEPENNY into another word.
How THREEPENNY scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in THREEPENNY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so THREEPENNY has to be built on the board across turns.
What does THREEPENNY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
British
Costing or worth three pence in the old British money, and so of very small value.
Before decimal coinage in 1971, a threepenny coin or fare was a trifling sum, which is why the word also hints at something cheap. Carpenters used it too for a small size of nail.
How THREEPENNY is used
British and historical; used for the old coin, small prices and cheap goods.
- He paid a threepenny fare for the tram ride.
- A threepenny bit was small, thick and twelve-sided.
- The shop sold threepenny sweets to the schoolchildren.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of THREEPENNY and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with THREEPENNY
1 longer words begin with THREEPENNY.
Shorter words from the letters in THREEPENNY
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Common questions about THREEPENNY
- Is THREEPENNY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts THREEPENNY, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is THREEPENNY worth?
- THREEPENNY is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does THREEPENNY mean?
- Costing or worth three pence in the old British money, and so of very small value.
- What letters can be added to THREEPENNY?
- No single letter can be added to THREEPENNY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of THREEPENNY:
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