Words Containing PENTAPL

Q: What is the highest-scoring word containing PENTAPL?

PENTAPLOIDY is worth 19 points in Scrabble before any bonus squares. Other strong options are PENTAPLOIDIES (18), PENTAPLOIDS (16), PENTAPLOID (15).

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All Words Containing PENTAPL 4 words

How often does PENTAPL appear in words?

Our combined English word list has 4 words containing PENTAPL. Most are 11 letters long, they average 17 points and the best is PENTAPLOIDY (19 points).

Total words: 4
Most common length: 11 letters; 2 words
Average Scrabble score: 17; out of 19 max
Longest word: PENTAPLOIDIES; 13 letters
Most common ending: S; 50% of words

Most common last letters

s 50%
d 25%
y 25%

Top vowel pairs

oi100%
ie25%

Share of words where these two vowels sit side by side.

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Valid in this dictionary but rarely seen in everyday English.

Highest-scoring word containing PENTAPL

p ₃e ₁n ₁t ₁a ₁p ₃l ₁o ₁i ₁d ₂y ₄

P 3 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + A 1 + P 3 + L 1 + O 1 + I 1 + D 2 + Y 4 = 19 points

Double word: 38 pts
Triple word: 57 pts

Face value of the tiles, then the whole word on a double- or triple-word square (letter bonuses and bingos not included).

pentaploidy

No dictionary definition on file. This is a valid game word that standard dictionaries rarely cover.

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