penalty: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with P · ends with Y
Meaning of penalty
noun
A legal sentence.
Example: The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
In sports: A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
Listed forms: penalties.
Source: Wiktionary — penalty.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for penalty.
noun
the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is penalty in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of penalty
P(3) + E(1) + N(1) + A(1) + L(1) + T(1) + Y(4) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of penalty
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from penalty
110 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in penalty. Showing up to 24, longest first.