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What does penance mean? Is penance a Scrabble word?

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Is penance a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word penance is a Scrabble US word. The word penance is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3E1N1A1N1C3E1

Is penance a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word penance is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3E1N1A1N1C3E1

Is penance a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word penance is a Words With Friends word. The word penance is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1N2A1N2C4E1

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7-letter words (1 found)

PENANCE,

6-letter words (1 found)

PENNAE,

5-letter words (8 found)

NANCE,PANCE,PANNE,PEACE,PECAN,PENCE,PENNA,PENNE,

4-letter words (16 found)

ACNE,ANCE,CANE,CANN,CAPE,CEPE,NANE,NAPE,NEAP,NEEP,NENE,PACE,PANE,PEAN,PEEN,PENE,

3-letter words (22 found)

ACE,ANE,ANN,APE,CAN,CAP,CEE,CEP,EAN,EEN,ENE,NAE,NAN,NAP,NEE,NEP,PAC,PAN,PEA,PEC,PEE,PEN,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AN,EA,EE,EN,NA,NE,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 58 words from penance according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of penance

penance

Etymology

From Middle English penaunce, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French peneance, from Latin paenitentia (“penitence”). Doublet of penitence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛn.əns/
  • Hyphenation: pen‧ance

Noun

penance (countable and uncountable, plural penances)

  1. A voluntary self-imposed punishment for a sinful act or wrongdoing. It may be intended to serve as reparation for the act.
  2. A sacrament in some Christian churches.
  3. Any instrument of self-punishment.
  4. (obsolete) repentance
  5. (obsolete) pain; sorrow; suffering

Synonyms

  • penitence
  • atonement

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Translations

Verb

penance (third-person singular simple present penances, present participle penancing, simple past and past participle penanced)

  1. To impose penance; to punish.

Middle English

Noun

penance

  1. pain; sorrow; suffering

Source: wiktionary.org