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Is pentad a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word pentad is a Scrabble US word. The word pentad is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

P3E1N1T1A1D2

Is pentad a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word pentad is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

P3E1N1T1A1D2

Is pentad a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word pentad is a Words With Friends word. The word pentad is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1N2T1A1D2

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6-letter words (3 found)

PANTED,PEDANT,PENTAD,

5-letter words (9 found)

ADEPT,ANTED,APTED,NAPED,PANED,PATED,PATEN,TAPED,TAPEN,

4-letter words (24 found)

ANTE,APED,DANT,DATE,DEAN,DENT,ETNA,NAPE,NEAP,NEAT,PAND,PANE,PANT,PATE,PEAN,PEAT,PEND,PENT,TAED,TANE,TAPE,TEAD,TEND,TEPA,

3-letter words (35 found)

AND,ANE,ANT,APE,APT,ATE,DAE,DAN,DAP,DEN,DEP,EAN,EAT,END,ETA,NAE,NAP,NAT,NED,NEP,NET,PAD,PAN,PAT,PEA,PED,PEN,PET,TAD,TAE,TAN,TAP,TEA,TED,TEN,

2-letter words (16 found)

AD,AE,AN,AT,DA,DE,EA,ED,EN,ET,NA,NE,PA,PE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 88 words from pentad according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of pentad

pentad

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πεντάς (pentás), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + -άς (-ás, “-ad”), equivalent to pent- +‎ -ad.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛnˌtæd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɛntad/
  • Hyphenation: pen‧tad

Noun

pentad (plural pentads)

  1. Synonym of quintet: A group of five things, particularly
    1. Synonym of quinquennium: a five-year period, especially in reference to the first and second halves of calendrical decades.
    2. (climatology) A five-day period, especially a temperature average taken every five days.
    3. A five-day division of the Chinese calendar, forming part of a solar term (Chinese: 候).
    4. (chemistry) A pentavalent element or group: an atom or molecule with a valence of five, comparable with five atoms of hydrogen.

Coordinate terms

  • (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, hebdomad/heptad, ogdoad/octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad

Derived terms

  • pentadic

Translations

References

  • “pentad, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Anagrams

  • panted, pedant

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French pintade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛ̃tad/

Noun

pentad

  1. guinea fowl
  2. (figurative) shy and cowardly (person)

Derived terms

  • pentadin

Source: wiktionary.org