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Is penalty a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word penalty is a Scrabble US word. The word penalty is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is penalty a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word penalty is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

P3E1N1A1L1T1Y4

Is penalty a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word penalty is a Words With Friends word. The word penalty is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1N2A1L2T1Y3

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7-letter words (2 found)

APLENTY,PENALTY,

6-letter words (5 found)

NEATLY,PENTYL,PLANET,PLATEN,PLENTY,

5-letter words (26 found)

APTLY,AYELP,LATEN,LEANT,LEANY,LEAPT,LEPTA,PALET,PANEL,PANTY,PATEN,PATLY,PEATY,PELTA,PENAL,PETAL,PLANE,PLANT,PLATE,PLATY,PLEAT,PLENA,TAPEN,TEPAL,TYPAL,YENTA,

4-letter words (50 found)

ANTE,ELAN,ETNA,LANE,LANT,LATE,LEAN,LEAP,LEAT,LENT,LEPT,LYNE,LYTE,NAPE,NEAL,NEAP,NEAT,PALE,PALY,PANE,PANT,PATE,PATY,PEAL,PEAN,PEAT,PELA,PELT,PENT,PLAN,PLAT,PLAY,PLEA,PYAT,PYET,PYNE,TAEL,TALE,TANE,TAPE,TEAL,TELA,TEPA,TYNE,TYPE,YALE,YATE,YEAN,YELP,YELT,

3-letter words (54 found)

ALE,ALP,ALT,ANE,ANT,ANY,APE,APT,ATE,AYE,EAN,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAP,LAT,LAY,LEA,LEP,LET,LEY,LYE,NAE,NAP,NAT,NAY,NEP,NET,NYE,PAL,PAN,PAT,PAY,PEA,PEL,PEN,PET,PLY,PYA,PYE,TAE,TAN,TAP,TAY,TEA,TEL,TEN,TYE,YAE,YAP,YEA,YEN,YEP,YET,

2-letter words (19 found)

AE,AL,AN,AT,AY,EA,EL,EN,ET,LA,NA,NE,NY,PA,PE,TA,TE,YA,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 157 words from penalty according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of penalty

penalty

Alternative forms

  • pœnalty (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French pénalité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnəlti/
  • Hyphenation: pen‧al‧ty

Noun

penalty (plural penalties)

  1. A legal sentence.
  2. A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
  3. (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
  4. In sports
    1. (soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
    2. (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
  5. A disadvantageous consequence of a previous event.

Synonyms

  • punition
  • punishment
  • sentence

Derived terms

Related terms

  • penal
  • penality (rare)
  • penalize

Descendants

  • → Gulf Arabic: بلنتي (balanti)
  • → Portuguese: pênalti, penálti
  • → Spanish: penalti
  • → Swahili: penalti

Translations

See also

  • free kick

Anagrams

  • a-plenty, aplenty, netplay

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English penalty.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pe‧nal‧ty

Noun

penalty m (plural penalty's, diminutive penalty'tje n)

  1. penalty kick

French

Alternative forms

  • pénalty (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English penalty, itself a borrowing from French pénalité (thus a reborrowing). Doublet of pénalité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.nal.ti/

Noun

penalty m (plural penaltys or penalties)

  1. (sports) penalty, penalty kick

Further reading

  • “penalty”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • penalti

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French penalty or English penalty.

Noun

penalty n (plural penalty-uri)

  1. (soccer, sports) penalty

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org