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Is pencil a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pencil is a Scrabble US word. The word pencil is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

P3E1N1C3I1L1

Is pencil a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pencil is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

P3E1N1C3I1L1

Is pencil a Words With Friends word?

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

P4E1N2C4I1L2

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6-letter words (1 found)

PENCIL,

5-letter words (4 found)

CLINE,CLIPE,INCEL,INCLE,

4-letter words (16 found)

CEIL,CIEL,CINE,CLIP,EPIC,LICE,LIEN,LINE,LIPE,NICE,PEIN,PENI,PICE,PILE,PINE,PLIE,

3-letter words (18 found)

CEL,CEP,ICE,LEI,LEP,LIE,LIN,LIP,NEP,NIE,NIL,NIP,PEC,PEL,PEN,PIC,PIE,PIN,

2-letter words (7 found)

EL,EN,IN,LI,NE,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 47 words from pencil according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pencil

pencil

Alternative forms

  • pensill (obsolete)

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (“paintbrush”)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (“brush”), itself a diminutive of pēnis (“tail; penis”). Not related to pen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnsəl/, /ˈpɛntsəl/
    • (Received Pronunciation, also) IPA(key): /ˈpɛnsɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsəl
  • Hyphenation: pen‧cil

Noun

pencil (plural pencils)

  1. (now chiefly historical) A paintbrush. [from 14th c.]
  2. A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper. [from 16th c.]
  3. (optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point. [from 17th c.]
  4. (geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane. [from 19th c.]
  5. (medicine, obsolete, rare) A small medicated bougie. [19th c.]
  6. (gambling) Ellipsis of power of the pencil.

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Verb

pencil (third-person singular simple present pencils, present participle (UK) pencilling or (US) penciling, simple past and past participle (UK) pencilled or (US) penciled)

  1. (transitive) To write (something) using a pencil.
  2. (transitive) To mark with, or as if with, a pencil.

Derived terms

  • pencil in
  • pencil out

Translations

Further reading

  • pencil on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Malay

Adjective

pĕncil (Jawi spelling ڤنچيل)

  1. to be isolated, separated

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Further reading

  • “pencil” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Source: wiktionary.org