Is PENCHANTS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PENCHANTS is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PENCHANTS mean?
Penchants is a form of PENCHANT.
- noun
a strong liking
“my own preference is for good literature”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
19
Words With Friends
9
Letters
P (3) + E (1) + N (1) + C (3) + H (4) + A (1) + N (1) + T (1) + S (1) = 16 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for PENCHANTS
PENCHANTS has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from PENCHANTS
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- penchant15
- hepcats14
- patches14
- pechans14
- pschent14
- enchants13
- chapes13
- cheaps13
- hepcat13
- pechan13
- chasten12
- enchant12
- haptens12
- caphs12
- chape12
- chaps12
- chapt12
- cheap12
- patch12
- peach12
- pechs12
- chants11
- chaste11
- cheats11
- encash11
- hances11
- hapten11
- naches11
- sachet11
- scathe11
- shapen11
- snatch11
- spathe11
- stanch11
- stench11
- taches11
- caph11
- chap11
- pech11
- aspect10
- epacts10
- pecans10
- aches10
- caths10
- chant10
- chase10
- chats10
- cheat10
- chest10
- ephas10
- hance10
- heaps10
- natch10
- paths10
- phase10
- shape10
- staph10
- tache10
- tachs10
- teach10
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