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Pectinous

p ₃e ₁c ₃t ₁i ₁n ₁o ₁u ₁s ₁

About 3 syllables

9 letters · Uncommon

Scrabble US & Canada : valid
Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
Words With Friends : not valid
Wordle : not valid

What does pectinous mean?

We don’t have a definition for pectinous yet. It appears in the game word lists marked below, so it is playable even without a dictionary meaning. That is common for rare, regional and technical words.

Is PECTINOUS a valid word?

Game / word list	Valid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL)	Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS)	Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE)	No
Wordle (guess list)	No

How many points is PECTINOUS worth?

Scrabble

13 pts

p ₃e ₁c ₃t ₁i ₁n ₁o ₁u ₁s ₁

Words With Friends

17 pts

p ₄e ₁c ₄t ₁i ₁n ₂o ₁u ₂s ₁

Wordfeud

16 pts

p ₄e ₁c ₄t ₁i ₁n ₁o ₁u ₂s ₁

NYT Crossplay

14 pts

p ₃e ₁c ₃t ₁i ₁n ₁o ₁u ₂s ₁

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in PECTINOUS

Best shorter words top 30 of 572

See all 572 words made from PECTINOUS

Words that end like PECTINOUS

Common words that share the ending -INOUS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

cretinous luminous mutinous ominous voluminous

All words ending in -INOUS

Pectinous: quick answers

Is PECTINOUS a valid Scrabble word?

Yes. PECTINOUS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 13 points before board bonuses.

How many points is PECTINOUS worth?

PECTINOUS scores 13 points in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.

What words can you make with the letters in PECTINOUS?

You can make 572 shorter words from PECTINOUS, such as PONCIEST, POUNCETS, UNPOETIC, ENTOPIC. See the full list.