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Is penchant a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word penchant is a Scrabble US word. The word penchant is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

P3E1N1C3H4A1N1T1

Is penchant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word penchant is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

P3E1N1C3H4A1N1T1

Is penchant a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word penchant is a Words With Friends word. The word penchant is worth 18 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1N2C4H3A1N2T1

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8-letter words (1 found)

PENCHANT,

7-letter words (1 found)

ENCHANT,

6-letter words (4 found)

CATNEP,HAPTEN,HEPCAT,PECHAN,

5-letter words (29 found)

AHENT,ANENT,CANEH,CHANT,CHAPE,CHAPT,CHEAP,CHEAT,ENACT,EPACT,HANCE,HENNA,NACHE,NANCE,NATCH,NEATH,PANCE,PANNE,PATCH,PATEN,PEACH,PECAN,PENNA,TACHE,TAPEN,TEACH,TENCH,THANE,THECA,

4-letter words (53 found)

ACHE,ACNE,ANCE,ANTE,CANE,CANN,CANT,CAPE,CAPH,CATE,CENT,CHAP,CHAT,EACH,EATH,ECHT,EPHA,ETCH,ETNA,HAEN,HAET,HANT,HATE,HEAP,HEAT,HENT,HEPT,NACH,NANE,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,PACE,PACT,PANE,PANT,PATE,PATH,PEAN,PEAT,PECH,PENT,PHAT,TACE,TACH,TANE,TANH,TAPE,TECH,TEPA,THAE,THAN,THEN,

3-letter words (52 found)

ACE,ACH,ACT,ANE,ANN,ANT,APE,APT,ATE,CAN,CAP,CAT,CEP,CHA,CHE,EAN,EAT,ECH,ETA,ETH,HAE,HAN,HAP,HAT,HEN,HEP,HET,NAE,NAH,NAN,NAP,NAT,NEP,NET,NTH,PAC,PAH,PAN,PAT,PEA,PEC,PEH,PEN,PET,PHT,TAE,TAN,TAP,TEA,TEC,TEN,THE,

2-letter words (17 found)

AE,AH,AN,AT,CH,EA,EH,EN,ET,HA,HE,NA,NE,PA,PE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 158 words from penchant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of penchant

penchant

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendicāre, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒnʃɒn/, [ˈpɑ̃ʃɑ̃]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnʃɒn, -ɛntʃənt

Noun

penchant (countable and uncountable, plural penchants)

  1. Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
    • 2019, Idles, "Never Fight a Man With a Perm", Joy as an Act of Resistance.
  2. (card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
  3. (card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.

Synonyms

  • desire, see also Thesaurus:predilection

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Translations

French

Noun

penchant m (plural penchants)

  1. penchant

Participle

penchant

  1. present participle of pencher

Further reading

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

Source: wiktionary.org