Words Containing PEN

There are over 1.5K words with the letters PEN in English. From short PEN-words to long ones, find all the words that have PEN in it grouped by length, each valid in Scrabble, Wordle, and Words With Friends. You can also see five letter words with PEN.

3-Letter Words With PEN

Short high-frequency PEN-words:

pen

4-Letter Words With PEN

Common 4-letter PEN-words:

open

pend

pene

peng

peni

penk

pens

pent

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5-Letter Words With PEN

Common 5-letter PEN-words:

spent

spend

opens

arpen

aspen

copen

penal

pence

pened

penie

penna

penne

penni

penny

pense

pents

ripen

tapen

unpen

upend

See all 5-letter PEN-words

6-Letter Words With PEN

Common 6-letter PEN-words:

opened

depend

happen

openly

arpens

dampen

hempen

lumpen

parpen

pencel

pences

penill

penner

pennes

penpal

pensee

pentad

rappen

reopen

wippen

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7-Letter Words With PEN

Common 7-letter PEN-words:

opening

depends

penalty

happens

expense

pension

compend

deepens

humpens

parpend

penguin

pennine

pensils

pentene

pentiti

pentyls

playpen

serpent

subpena

unspent

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8-Letter Words With PEN

Common 8-letter PEN-words:

happened

spending

expenses

depended

pendulum

appended

deepener

expensed

penalize

penchant

penguins

pennated

pensions

playpens

reopened

repented

semiopen

sixpenny

unholpen

vilipend

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221

9-Letter Words With PEN

Common 9-letter PEN-words:

depending

expensive

dependent

suspended

penalties

peninsula

happening

penetrate

appending

dispences

expensing

forespent

peneplane

repenting

sixpences

suspenses

suspensor

tapenades

tenpences

wapenshaw

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241

10-Letter Words With PEN

Common 10-letter PEN-words:

compensate

dependence

suspension

alpenhorns

appendices

catchpenny

compendium

dukkeripen

impenitent

leucopenia

owerloupen

pendentive

pennillion

pennycress

penstemons

pentagraph

pentaquark

pentathlum

penumbrous

threepence

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217

11-Letter Words With PEN

Common 11-letter PEN-words:

independent

inexpensive

penetration

expenditure

neutropenia

pendentives

penetrating

pennyroyals

pennywinkle

pensionless

pentahedral

pentandrous

penultimate

repentantly

serpentined

serpentises

threepences

twalpennies

twopennorth

unpensioned

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150

12-Letter Words With PEN

Common 12-letter PEN-words:

independence

compensation

expenditures

appendicites

erythropenia

happenstance

impenetrated

impenitently

pancytopenia

penicilliums

pennywinkles

pentlandites

propenseness

serpentining

serpentinite

serpentizing

spendthrifts

thiopentones

unnilpentium

unrepentance

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110

13-Letter Words With PEN

Common 13-letter PEN-words:

independently

perpendicular

happenchances

indispensably

misshapenness

nonexpendable

nonhappenings

openendedness

openmouthedly

overspendings

penetrability

penicilliform

pennilessness

pensivenesses

pentahydrates

pentatonicism

resuspensions

underspending

unexpensively

wappenshawing

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14-Letter Words With PEN

Common 14-letter PEN-words:

appendectomies

appendicectomy

appendicitises

codependencies

compensational

dispensability

dispensatorily

impenetrations

interdependent

interdepending

interpenetrate

leukocytopenia

penetrableness

penicillamines

penicillations

pensionability

propensenesses

serpentinizing

superexpensive

wappenshawings

See all 14-letter PEN-words

15-Letter Words With PEN

Common 15-letter PEN-words:

antepenultimate

appendicularian

cyclopentadiene

cyclopentolates

decompensations

dependabilities

expendabilities

inexpensiveness

interpenetrable

lymphocytopenia

misshapennesses

overdependences

penetrativeness

peninsularities

pentadactylisms

pentobarbitones

scolopendriform

threepennyworth

undependability

wappenschawings

See all 15-letter PEN-words

1,454 Common Words with PEN

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What is the highest scoring word in
Scrabble that contains PEN?

32 Points

The highest scoring word in Scrabble that contains PEN is lymphocytopenia with a total of 32 points.

L 1

Y 4

M 3

P 3

H 4

O 1

C 3

Y 4

T 1

O 1

P 3

E 1

N 1

I 1

A 1

A list of all PEN words with their Scrabble and Words with Friends points. You can also find a list of all words that start with PEN. Also commonly searched for are words that end in PEN. Try our five letter words with PEN page if you’re playing Wordle-like games or use the New York Times Wordle Solver for finding the NYT Wordle daily answer.

FAQ Words With Letters PEN

How many words containing PEN are in the English dictionary?

There are 1,454 words in the English dictionary that contain PEN, and most of them are 10 letters long (241 words of that length).
What's the longest word containing PEN?

The longest word containing PEN is "antepenultimate" at 15 letters long. If you're looking for a more everyday word, "independently" is the longest common word containing PEN.
Are there any rare words containing PEN worth more in Scrabble?

Yes. Uncommon words like "sesquiterpene", "superexpensive", "serpentinize", "penalization" contain PEN and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "superexpensive" is worth 28 points in Scrabble before any bonus tiles.
What are the most common words containing PEN?

Most words containing PEN are 10 letters long, including everyday words like "compensate", "dependence", "suspension", "alpenhorns", "appendices".