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Is pen a Scrabble word?
Yes. The word pen is a Scrabble US word. The word pen is worth 5 points in Scrabble:
P3E1N1
Is pen a Scrabble UK word?
Yes. The word pen is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:
P3E1N1
Is pen a Words With Friends word?
Yes. The word pen is a Words With Friends word. The word pen is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):
P4E1N2
| NEP 5 | PEN 5 |
| EN 2 | NE 2 |
| PE 4 |
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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word pen. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in pen.
From Middle English pen, penne (“enclosure for animals”), from Old English penn (“enclosure, fold, pen”), from Proto-Germanic *pennō, *pannijō (“pin, bolt, nail, tack”), from Proto-Indo-European *bend- (“pointed peg, nail, edge”).
Sense “prison” originally figurative extension to “enclosure for persons” (1845), later influenced by penitentiary (“prison”), being analyzed as an abbreviation (1884).
pen (plural pens)
From Middle English pennen, from Old English *pennian (“to close, lock, bolt”, attested in onpennian (“to open”)), derived from penn (see above). Akin to Low German pennen (“to secure a door with a bolt”).
pen (third-person singular simple present pens, present participle penning, simple past and past participle penned or pent)
From Middle English penne, from Anglo-Norman penne, from Old French penne, from Latin penna (“feather”), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to rush, fly”) (from which petition). Proto-Indo-European base also root of *petra-, from which Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) (whence pterodactyl), Sanskrit पत्रम् (patram, “wing, feather”), Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “pen”), Old Norse fjǫðr, Old English feðer (Modern English feather); note the /p/ → /f/ Germanic sound change.
See feather and πέτομαι (pétomai) for more.
pen (plural pens)
pen (third-person singular simple present pens, present participle penning, simple past and past participle penned)
Origin uncertain. Compare hen.
pen (plural pens)
Clipping of penalty.
pen (plural pens)
From Romani phen, from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).
pen
From Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom, of uncertain derivation.
pen
From late Old Norse penni, from Latin penna (“feather”).
pen c (singular definite pennen, plural indefinite penne)
pen (neuter pent, plural and definite singular attributive pene, comparative penere, superlative (predicative) penest, superlative (attributive) peneste)
From Middle Dutch penne, ultimately from Latin penna. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
pen f (plural pennen, diminutive pennetje n)
From French pain (“bread”)
pen
From Dutch pen, from Latin penna (“feather, pen”). Doublet of pena.
pèn (first-person possessive penku, second-person possessive penmu, third-person possessive pennya)
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pen (Raguileo spelling)
From Anglo-Norman penne.
pen
From Old English penn, from Proto-Germanic *pennō, perhaps from the root of pinn (“peg, pin”).
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pen
Possibly from French.
pen (neuter singular pent, definite singular and plural pene, comparative penere, indefinite superlative penest, definite superlative peneste)
Possibly from French.
pen (neuter singular pent, definite singular and plural pene, comparative penare, indefinite superlative penast, definite superlative penaste)
Borrowed from French pince.
pen
From English paint.
pen
From English pen.
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From English pain.
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pen (nominative plural pens)
From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.
pen m (plural pennau)
pen (feminine singular pen, plural pen, equative penned, comparative pennach, superlative pennaf)