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

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7-letter words (1 found)

PENNING,

6-letter words (1 found)

PENING,

5-letter words (2 found)

GENIP,PENNI,

4-letter words (7 found)

GIEN,GINN,NINE,PEIN,PENI,PINE,PING,

3-letter words (16 found)

ENG,GEN,GIE,GIN,GIP,ING,INN,NEG,NEP,NIE,NIP,PEG,PEN,PIE,PIG,PIN,

2-letter words (6 found)

EN,GI,IN,NE,PE,PI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 34 words from penning according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of penning

penning

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnɪŋ/
    • (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɪnɪŋ/
    • Homophone: pinning (pin–pen merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɪŋ

Etymology 1

Verb

penning

  1. present participle and gerund of pen

Noun

penning (plural pennings)

  1. Writing; literary composition.
    the idle pennings of a poetic daydreamer

Etymology 2

Noun

penning (plural pennings or penningar)

  1. An old currency unit, the Swedish penning.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish pænning, Old Norse peningr, borrowed from Old Saxon penning or Old English penning, peniġ, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz (“coin”). Cognate with English penny and German Pfennig.

This word is the source of the common word for "money" in modern Scandinavian, see penge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʰɛneŋ]

Noun

penning c (singular definite penningen, plural indefinite penninge)

  1. (historical) coin or currency in use in Denmark until 1602

Declension

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.nɪŋ/
  • Hyphenation: pen‧ning
  • Rhymes: -ɛnɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch penninc, from Old Dutch pennink, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

penning m (plural penningen, diminutive penninkje n)

  1. (historical) A small coin, usually made of silver but later also of gold; penny.
  2. A medal or commemoration coin.
  3. (figurative) money, cash.
  4. (obsolete) coin.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: penning
  • → Indonesian: péning
  • → Papiamentu: penning

Etymology 2

From pennen +‎ -ing.

Noun

penning f (plural penningen)

  1. (chess) pin, pinning

Old English

Alternative forms

  • pending, pæning, pening, pæniġ, peniġ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *panningaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpen.ninɡ/, [ˈpen.niŋɡ]

Noun

penning m

  1. penny

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: peny, pani, paniȝe, peni, penie, pening
    • English: penny, pence (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: penny
  • → Old Irish: pinginn, penginn (possibly from Old Norse)
    • Irish: pingin
  • → Old Spanish:
    • Spanish: penique

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse penningr, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz. Cognate with English penny.

Noun

penning c

  1. a coin, a penny
  2. money, cash

Declension

Synonyms

  • peng

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: penninki, penni

Source: wiktionary.org