The word penance is a valid scrabble word

3 short excerpts of WikWik.org (WikWik is an online database of words defined in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, and other Wiktionnaries.)

  • penance n. A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation…
  • penance n. A sacrament in some Christian churches.
  • penance n. Any instrument of self-punishment.

25 valid words from 3 definitions

ACT ANY AS BE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES FOR IMPOSED IN INSTRUMENT INTENDED IT MAY OF OR PUNISHMENT REPARATION SACRAMENT SELF SERVE SINFUL SOME TO VOLUNTARY WRONGDOING

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word.)

AN ANCE EN NA NAN PE PEN

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word.)

AN ANE NA NAN NANE NE NEP

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

PENANCED PENANCES

2 anagrams plus one (New words formed with all the letters from the word plus a letter.)

+D PENANCED
+S PENANCES

One anagram minus one (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

-C PENNAE

Scrabble scoring

  • 11 points.

Probability in scrabble (Probability to draw 7 letters at the beginning of the game to build the word.)

  • Joker allowed, 1 in 59283 chance.
  • Joker not allowed, 1 in 449146 chance.

Other languages

Categories without words

  • No anagrams (Word found by changing the order of the letters.)
  • No cousins (Word found by changing only one letter.)
  • No lipograms (Word found when removing only one letter.)
  • No epentheses (Word found when adding only one letter.)
  • Not found in the middle (Word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)
  • No prefixes (Word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.

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