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Is penury a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word penury is a Scrabble US word. The word penury is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

P3E1N1U1R1Y4

Is penury a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word penury is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

P3E1N1U1R1Y4

Is penury a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word penury is a Words With Friends word. The word penury is worth 13 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

P4E1N2U2R1Y3

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6-letter words (2 found)

PENURY,PRUNEY,

5-letter words (1 found)

PRUNE,

4-letter words (10 found)

PERN,PREY,PUER,PUNY,PURE,PYNE,PYRE,RENY,RUNE,RYPE,

3-letter words (26 found)

ERN,NEP,NUR,NYE,PEN,PER,PRE,PRY,PUN,PUR,PUY,PYE,REN,REP,RUE,RUN,RYE,RYU,UEY,URE,URN,URP,YEN,YEP,YER,YUP,

2-letter words (12 found)

EN,ER,NE,NU,NY,PE,RE,UN,UP,UR,YE,YU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 52 words from penury according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of penury

penury

Etymology

From Latin pēnūria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”, adverb), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛnjʊɹi/, /ˈpɛnjəɹi/

Noun

penury (usually uncountable, plural penuries)

  1. Extreme want; poverty; destitution.
  2. (now chiefly poetic) A lack of something; a dearth.
    Synonyms: barrenness, insufficiency

Derived terms

  • penurious

Translations

Further reading

  • “penury”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “penury”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • pruney

Source: wiktionary.org