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Is pend a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pend is a Scrabble US word. The word pend is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

P3E1N1D2

Is pend a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pend is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

P3E1N1D2

Is pend a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pend is a Words With Friends word. The word pend is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1N2D2

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4-letter words (1 found)

PEND,

3-letter words (7 found)

DEN,DEP,END,NED,NEP,PED,PEN,

2-letter words (5 found)

DE,ED,EN,NE,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 14 words from pend according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of pend

pend epnd pned nped enpd nepd pedn epdn pden dpen edpn depn pnde npde pdne dpne ndpe dnpe endp nedp ednp denp ndep dnep

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word pend. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in pend.

Definitions and meaning of pend

pend

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɛnd/
  • Homophone: penned
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /pɪnd/
    • Homophone: pinned
  • Rhymes: -ɛnd

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French pendre (“to hang”), from Late Latin pendĕre, from Latin pendēre.

Verb

pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)

  1. (obsolete) To hang down; to cause something to hang down [15th–19th c.]
  2. (obsolete, Scotland) To arch over (something); to vault. [15th–18th c.]
  3. (obsolete) To hang in reliance on; to depend (on or upon); to be contingent on.

Noun

pend (plural pends)

  1. (Scotland) An archway; especially, a vaulted passageway leading through a tenement-style building from the main street, giving access to the rear of the building or an internal courtyard. [from 15th c.]
Synonyms
  • See Thesaurus:alley
Translations

Etymology 2

Compare pen (“to shut in”).

Verb

pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To pen; to confine.

Etymology 3

Back-formation from pending.

Verb

pend (third-person singular simple present pends, present participle pending, simple past and past participle pended)

  1. (transitive) To consider pending; to delay or postpone (something). [from 20th c.]

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pend (uncountable)

  1. (India) oil cake

Anagrams

  • NDPE

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑ̃/

Verb

pend

  1. third-person singular present indicative of pendre

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian pendere, from Latin.

Verb

pend

  1. to hang

Scots

Noun

pend (plural pends)

  1. An arch, vault.
  2. A passageway between houses.

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of pendejo.

Noun

pend m or f by sense (plural pends)

  1. (slang) dumbass; retard; plonker

Source: wiktionary.org