Is PENSIVE a word?
PENSIVE is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, PENSIVE is a valid word.
What does pensive mean?
adjective: deeply or seriously thoughtful.
“Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the `Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
PENSIVE: word details
- Pronunciation: PEHN-sihv (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 15 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of pensive
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Words you can make from the letters of pensive.
Solve a whole rack, not just PENSIVE
PENSIVE is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does PENSIVE mean?
PENSIVE is a adjective. It means: deeply or seriously thoughtful.
Is PENSIVE a valid word?
Yes, PENSIVE is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.