7 Letters
5 Consonants
2 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use penalty as a noun in a sentence.
About Penalty
A 3 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters a, e, l, n, p, t, and y, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter a. Penalty starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pe, pen, pena, penal, and the ending characters are y, ty, lty, alty, nalty, ..
Definition
The act of punishing
Origin/Roots
English
School Grade
Penalty is set as a grade six word that starts with p, ends with y, 3 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
Scrabble
Is penalty a scrabble word? A 12 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
Pig Latin
Penalty in Pig Latin is said as "enaltypay or enaltypway".
Unigram
p | e | n | a | l | t | y
Bigram
pe | en | na | al | lt | ty
Trigram
pen | ena | nal | alt | lty
Quadrigram
pena | enal | nalt | alty
Word Gram
Noun Examples
the act of punishing
(games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game
the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition;
"neglected his health and paid the penalty"
a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Penalty"

There are 260 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to penalty.

SynonymDefinition
Abatementthe act of abating
"laws enforcing noise abatement"
Abusecruel or inhumane treatment
Acquittala judgment of not guilty
Admonishmenta firm rebuke
Admonitioncautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger)
Agioa fee charged for exchanging currencies
Agiotagea fee charged for exchanging currencies
Allowancethe act of allowing
"He objected to the allowance of smoking in the diningroom"
Amercementmoney extracted as a penalty
Assessmentthe act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
"they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

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Anagrams

There are 2 anagrams from penalty.

Anagram Definition
Penaltythe act of punishing
Aplenty

View English words with the unique letters used in penalty. Words With The Letters Aelnpty

Derives

Penalty derives from 3 words.

Word Definition
Penaliseimpose a penalty on
inflict punishment on
"The students were penalized for showing up late for class"
"we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
Penalizeimpose a penalty on
inflict punishment on
"The students were penalized for showing up late for class"
"we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"
Punishimpose a penalty on
inflict punishment on
"The students were penalized for showing up late for class"
"we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

Hypernyms

Penalty has 1 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Social Control

Hyponyms

There are 14 hyponyms for penalty

Word Definition
Castigationverbal punishment
Corporal Punishment
Correctionthe act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake;
setting right
Cruel And Unusual Punishment
Detentiona punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home;
"the detention of tardy pupils"
Disciplinetraining to improve strength or self-control
Economic Strangulation
Imprisonmentthe act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison)
Medicinethe learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries;
"he studied medicine at Harvard"
Musicmusical activity (singing or whistling etc.);
"his music was his central interest"

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The word games Words With Friends, 4pics1Word, Word Chums, and Jumble which is by far one of the most successful of the word games. Jumble was created in 1954 - below, you will find the most unscrambled letters for each descramble word game that others have solved or decoded to make the word penalty.

Is penalty a scrabble word or can you use penalty in Words With Friends? The probability of getting this word in scrabble is 1 out of every 257323 games and in Words With Friends it's 1 out of every 324227 games. This 7 letter 12 point scrabble word can be rearranged 5,040 ways. What other words can be made with the letters a, e, l, n, p, t, and y? There's 3 with 9 letters or less with the letters a, e, l, n, p, t, and y. Here is a list of 3 to try to get you more points.

WordScrabbleWords With FriendsWord Chums4Pics1WordJumble
Penalty (7 letters) 12 14 aplenty
Patently (8 letters) 13 +1 15 +1 patently
Aplenty (7 letters) 12 14 aplenty





     

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