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PUNGENCY

8 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What PUNGENCY Means

  1. noun: wit having a sharp and caustic quality“he commented with typical pungency”
  2. noun: a strong odor or taste property“the pungency of mustard”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PUNGENCY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 N1 G2 E1 N1 C3 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In PUNGENCY

53 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.

5 letter words (7)

4 letter words (6)

3 letter words (29)

2 letter words (11)

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