Definitions For Penury

noun

  • A state of extreme poverty or destitution
  • The state of being very poor : extreme poverty

Is Penury a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
13

The word Penury is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Penury in a Sentence

  • Lived in a time when single women like herself faced a lifetime of genteel penury

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Antonyms for Penury

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