Is PLANGENCIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, PLANGENCIES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 16 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does PLANGENCIES mean?
Plangencies is a form of PLANGENCY.
- noun
having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
16
Scrabble
22
Words With Friends
11
Letters
P (3) + L (1) + A (1) + N (1) + G (2) + E (1) + N (1) + C (3) + I (1) + E (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 PLANGENCIES
PLANGENCIES 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 PLANGENCIES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- enclasping15
- spanceling15
- pinnacles13
- clasping13
- escaping13
- pelagics13
- placings13
- scalping13
- cleanings12
- cleansing12
- panelings12
- calipees12
- capelins12
- especial12
- panicles12
- pelicans12
- penances12
- pinnaces12
- pinnacle12
- sapience12
- cleping12
- gelcaps12
- pacings12
- peacing12
- pelagic12
- placing12
- scaping12
- spacing12
- agencies11
- cleaning11
- elapsing11
- elegiacs11
- encasing11
- enlacing11
- legacies11
- paneling11
- pangenes11
- peelings11
- peenings11
- pleasing11
- sleeping11
- sneaping11
- speaning11
- speeling11
- calipee11
- capelin11
- caplins11
- eclipse11
- enclasp11
- inclasp11
- inscape11
- panicle11
- pelican11
- penance11
- pencels11
- pencils11
- pinnace11
- plaices11
- spancel11
- special11
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