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

penal

pence

pends

pendu

pened

penes

penie

penks

penna

penni

pense

pents

tapen

unpen

upend

See all 5-letter PEN-words

6-Letter Words With PEN

Common 6-letter PEN-words:

opened

depend

happen

openly

holpen

loipen

penang

pences

pencil

penile

penman

penmen

pennal

penner

pennes

pennon

pensel

pentyl

penury

unpens

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7-Letter Words With PEN

Common 7-letter PEN-words:

opening

depends

penalty

happens

expense

pension

compend

mispens

pendant

pennals

pennied

pentene

penuchi

plumpen

propene

serpent

shippen

stupent

unspent

wippens

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8-Letter Words With PEN

Common 8-letter PEN-words:

happened

spending

expenses

depended

pendulum

fippence

lightpen

openings

outspent

penality

pencraft

pendente

pendular

pendules

penlight

pentanes

penumbra

penwomen

playpens

sixpence

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221

9-Letter Words With PEN

Common 9-letter PEN-words:

depending

expensive

dependent

suspended

penalties

peninsula

happening

penetrate

compendia

deepening

expending

halfpence

mislippen

misshapen

penitency

pennatula

pentosane

pentosans

penurious

tuppences

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242

10-Letter Words With PEN

Common 10-letter PEN-words:

compensate

dependence

suspension

dispensing

empennages

epenthesis

leucopenia

mishappens

oropendola

owerloupen

parapenter

penalities

penfriends

pensioneer

pentastyle

pentoxides

preopening

reopenings

serpentine

thruppenny

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11-Letter Words With PEN

Common 11-letter PEN-words:

independent

inexpensive

penetration

expenditure

appendicles

champenoise

compensator

openability

penitential

pennoncelle

pensionable

pensiveness

pentadactyl

pentameries

pentamerism

pentstemons

scrapepenny

triterpenes

twalpennies

unrepenting

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150

12-Letter Words With PEN

Common 12-letter PEN-words:

independence

compensation

expenditures

appendectomy

appendicular

brevipennate

codependence

cyclopentane

dispensation

happenstance

longipennate

nondependent

nonhappening

penetrations

penguineries

peninsulates

pensionaries

resuspending

serpentiform

spendthrifts

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13-Letter Words With PEN

Common 13-letter PEN-words:

independently

perpendicular

codependences

cyclopentanes

expendability

happenchances

impenetration

impenitencies

interdepended

nonexpendable

openheartedly

overdependent

panleucopenia

peninsulating

penitentially

pentabarbital

recompensable

serpentinised

unrepentances

whoopensocker

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14-Letter Words With PEN

Common 14-letter PEN-words:

appendicectomy

compensational

decompensating

interdependent

interpenetrate

leukocytopenia

openhandedness

overripenesses

panleukopenias

penetrableness

penicillamines

penicillations

pentadactylies

pentavalencies

pentobarbitals

propensenesses

serpentiningly

stupendousness

ultraexpensive

wappenschawing

See all 14-letter PEN-words

15-Letter Words With PEN

Common 15-letter PEN-words:

compendiousness

decompensations

dispensableness

expensivenesses

impenetrability

inexpensiveness

interdependence

interdependents

interpenetrated

leukocytopenias

lymphocytopenia

openheartedness

overcompensated

pendulousnesses

penetrabilities

penetrativeness

scolopendriform

suspensefulness

undependability

wappenschawings

See all 15-letter PEN-words

1,495 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 1,495 words in the English dictionary that contain PEN, and most of them are 10 letters long (242 words of that length).
What's the longest word containing PEN?

The longest word containing PEN is "indispensablenesses" at 19 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 "pentylenetetrazol", "sesquiterpene", "penalization", "ultraexpensive" contain PEN and can score big thanks to their unusual letters. "pentylenetetrazol" is worth 31 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", "dispensing", "empennages".