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Is pent a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pent is a Scrabble US word. The word pent is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

P3E1N1T1

Is pent a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pent is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

P3E1N1T1

Is pent a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pent is a Words With Friends word. The word pent is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1N2T1

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4-letter words (1 found)

PENT,

3-letter words (5 found)

NEP,NET,PEN,PET,TEN,

2-letter words (5 found)

EN,ET,NE,PE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from pent according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of pent

pent epnt pnet npet enpt nept petn eptn pten tpen etpn tepn pnte npte ptne tpne ntpe tnpe entp netp etnp tenp ntep tnep

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

Definitions and meaning of pent

pent

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Etymology 1

From pen +‎ -t.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

  1. Confinement; concealment.

Adjective

pent

  1. Confined in, or as if in, a pen; imprisoned.
Usage notes

Use of bare “pent”, as in the Gilbert quotation above, has become less common over time. (Use of “pent up” or “pent in” remains about as common.)

Related terms
  • pent-up
Translations

Verb

pent

  1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of pen; alternative form of penned

Etymology 2

Clipping of pentatonic.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

  1. (informal, music) A pentatonic scale.

Etymology 3

Clipping of pentacle or pentagram.

Noun

pent (plural pents)

  1. (informal, paganism) A pentacle or pentagram.

See also

  • pent roof (probably etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • ENTP, PETN

Danish

Adjective

pent

  1. neuter singular of pen

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

pent

  1. neuter singular of pen

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

pent

  1. neuter singular of pen

Old French

Verb

pent

  1. third-person singular present indicative of pendre

Romanian

Noun

pent m (plural penți)

  1. Obsolete form of pinten.

Declension

References

  • pent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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