What POIGNANCY Means
- noun: a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow“a moment of extraordinary poignancy”
- noun: a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)“the film captured all the pathos of their situation”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POIGNANCY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 I1 G2 N1 A1 N1 C3 Y4.
Anagrams of POIGNANCY (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In POIGNANCY
199 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (3)
6 letter words (24)
AGONICANGICOCANINGCANOPYCANYONCAPINGCONINGCOPINGCOYINGCYANINGANOININCONYNAPINGNONGAYNOYINGPACINGPANINGPANINOPAYINGPICONGPINANGPINYONPYCNONPYNING
5 letter words (41)
ACINGAGONYANCONANIONANNOYANYONAPINGCANNYCANONCAPONCOIGNCONGACONIACONINCOPAYCYANOGINNYGIPONGONIAGONNAIGAPOINCOGINGANNANCYNGAIONYINGOPINGPANICPIANOPINGOPINNAPINNYPINONPIONYPONCYPONGAPONGYYAPONYOGICYOGINYONIC
4 letter words (56)
AGINAGIOAGONANNOANONAYINCAGYCAINCANGCANNCANYCAPICAPOCIAOCIONCOINCONICONNCONYCOPYCYANGAINGAPOGAPYGINNICONINGONAINNANGNAOINGAINIPANONANONGNONIPACOPACYPAINPANGPIANPICAPINAPINGPINYPIONPIOYPOGYPONGPONYPYICPYINYAGIYANGYOGAYOGIYONI
3 letter words (55)
AGOAINANIANNANYAPOCAGCANCAPCAYCIGCOGCONCOPCOYGANGAPGAYGINGIOGIPGOAGONGOYGYPICYINGINNIONNAGNANNAPNAYNIPNOGNONNOYOCAONYPACPANPAYPIAPICPIGPINPOAPOIPYAYAGYAPYGOYINYIPYON
2 letter words (20)
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