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Poignancy

p 3o 1i 1g 2n 1a 1n 1c 3y 4

About 3 syllables

noun · 9 letters · Common

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

What does poignancy mean?

noun

  1. a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow

    “a moment of extraordinary poignancy”

    Synonymspoignance

  2. a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)

    “the film captured all the pathos of their situation”

    Synonymspathos

Is POIGNANCY a valid word?

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

How many points is POIGNANCY worth?

Scrabble

17 pts
p 3o 1i 1g 2n 1a 1n 1c 3y 4

Words With Friends

21 pts
p 4o 1i 1g 3n 2a 1n 2c 4y 3

Wordfeud

20 pts
p 4o 1i 1g 3n 1a 1n 1c 4y 4

NYT Crossplay

19 pts
p 3o 1i 1g 4n 1a 1n 1c 3y 4

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

Words from the letters in POIGNANCY

Anagrams 1

canopying

Words that end like POIGNANCY

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

pregnancyvacancyconstancybuoyancyinfancytenancyfancyredundancyconsultancydiscrepancyhesitancymilitancyoccupancyexpectancymalignancyaccountancy
All words ending in -ANCY

Poignancy: quick answers

Is POIGNANCY a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. POIGNANCY is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 17 points before board bonuses.
How many points is POIGNANCY worth?
POIGNANCY scores 17 points in Scrabble, 21 in Words With Friends, 20 in Wordfeud and 19 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does poignancy mean?
As a noun, poignancy means “a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in POIGNANCY?
You can make 196 shorter words from POIGNANCY, such as COPYING, CANOPY, PONYING, PYCNON. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of POIGNANCY?
POIGNANCY rearranges into CANOPYING.