Definition of penalty

"penalty" in the noun sense

1. punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation

the act of punishing

2. penalty

a payment required for not fulfilling a contract

3. penalty

the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or condition

"neglected his health and paid the penalty"

4. penalty

games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game

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Quotations for penalty

No true love there can be without
Its dread penalty - jealousy. [ Lord Lytton ]

Have a rule apportioning to each offence its appropriate penalty. [ Horace ]

Provocation is a play of coquetry of which virtue often pays the penalty. [ Lingrie ]

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of youth. [ La Rochefoucauld ]

He who does not conform to courtesy generally pays the penalty of his haughtiness. [ Phaedr ]

Provocation is one of the arts of coquetry for which virtue often pays the penalty. [ Lingree ]

Whatever you suffer deservedly should be borne with resignation; the penalty that comes upon us undeservedly comes as a matter of just complaint. [ Ovid ]

Let parents who hate their offspring rear them to hate labor, and to inherit riches; and before long they will be stung by every vice, racked by its poison, and damned by its penalty. [ H. W. Beecher ]

It is the penalty of fame that a man must ever keep rising. Get a reputation and then go to bed, is the absurdest of all maxims. Keep up a reputation or go to bed, would be nearer the truth. [ Chapin ]

penalty in Scrabble®

The word penalty is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters penalty:

APLENTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PENALTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PENALTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
APLENTY
(98 = 48 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

aplenty, penalty

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word penalty

PENALTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PENALTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PENALTY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(86 = 36 + 50)
PENALTY
(84 = 34 + 50)
PENALTY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PENALTY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PENALTY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PENALTY
(80 = 30 + 50)
PENALTY
(80 = 30 + 50)
PENALTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PENALTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PENALTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PENALTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PENALTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PENALTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PENALTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PENALTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(72 = 22 + 50)
PENALTY
(70 = 20 + 50)
PENALTY
(70 = 20 + 50)
PENALTY
(70 = 20 + 50)
PENALTY
(67 = 17 + 50)
PENALTY
(66 = 16 + 50)
PENALTY
(66 = 16 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(63 = 13 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In penalty

APLENTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PENALTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
PENALTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
APLENTY
(98 = 48 + 50)
APLENTY
(95 = 45 + 50)
PENALTY
(95 = 45 + 50)
APLENTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
APLENTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
APLENTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
APLENTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
APLENTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
APLENTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(89 = 39 + 50)
PENALTY
(86 = 36 + 50)
APLENTY
(86 = 36 + 50)
APLENTY
(86 = 36 + 50)
APLENTY
(84 = 34 + 50)
PENALTY
(84 = 34 + 50)
APLENTY
(82 = 32 + 50)
APLENTY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PENALTY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PENALTY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PENALTY
(82 = 32 + 50)
PENALTY
(80 = 30 + 50)
PENALTY
(80 = 30 + 50)
APLENTY
(80 = 30 + 50)
PENALTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
APLENTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
APLENTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PENALTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PENALTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
APLENTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
PENALTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
APLENTY
(78 = 28 + 50)
APLENTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
APLENTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
APLENTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PENALTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PENALTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
APLENTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
APLENTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PENALTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
PENALTY
(76 = 26 + 50)
APLENTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
APLENTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
APLENTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
APLENTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
APLENTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
PENALTY
(74 = 24 + 50)
APLENTY
(72 = 22 + 50)
PENALTY
(72 = 22 + 50)
PENALTY
(70 = 20 + 50)
PENALTY
(70 = 20 + 50)
PENALTY
(70 = 20 + 50)
APLENTY
(70 = 20 + 50)
APLENTY
(68 = 18 + 50)
APLENTY
(68 = 18 + 50)
PENALTY
(67 = 17 + 50)
APLENTY
(67 = 17 + 50)
APLENTY
(66 = 16 + 50)
APLENTY
(66 = 16 + 50)
PENALTY
(66 = 16 + 50)
APLENTY
(66 = 16 + 50)
PENALTY
(66 = 16 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
APLENTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
APLENTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
APLENTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
APLENTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
PENALTY
(64 = 14 + 50)
APLENTY
(63 = 13 + 50)
PENALTY
(63 = 13 + 50)
PLENTY
(45)
PENTYL
(45)
PLENTY
(42)
PENTYL
(42)
PLATY
(42)
APTLY
(42)
PANTY
(42)
PEATY
(42)
APTLY
(39)
YELP
(39)
PANTY
(39)
PEATY
(39)
PLATY
(39)
NEATLY
(39)
PLAY
(39)
PLENTY
(38)
PENTYL
(38)
PLENTY
(36)
PANTY
(36)
APTLY
(36)
YELP
(36)
PLENTY
(36)
PLATY
(36)
PEATY
(36)
PENTYL
(36)
PLENTY
(36)
PENTYL
(36)
PLENTY
(36)
PENTYL
(36)
PENTYL
(36)
PLAY
(36)
PENTYL
(34)
NEATLY
(34)
PLENTY
(34)
PEATY
(33)
PLANET
(33)
PLENTY
(33)
PLENTY
(33)
YNAL
(33)
PENTYL
(33)
PLATY
(33)
APTLY
(33)
PANTY
(33)
PLATY
(33)
PANTY
(33)
APTLY
(33)
YEAN
(33)
PEATY
(33)
PENTYL
(33)
PEATY
(32)
PANTY
(32)
PLATY
(32)
PLANE
(30)
NEATLY
(30)
PLATY
(30)
PLATY
(30)
NEATLY
(30)
PLATE
(30)
APTLY
(30)
PLANT
(30)
PENTYL
(30)
NEATLY
(30)
APTLY
(30)
PLEAT
(30)
PETAL
(30)
PLATY
(30)
PANTY
(30)
PEATY
(30)
LEAPT
(30)
PANTY
(30)
PEATY
(30)
PANEL
(30)
PANTY
(30)
NEATLY
(30)
PENAL
(30)
PEATY
(30)
TYPE
(30)
APTLY
(30)
PLENTY
(30)
NEATLY
(30)
PLENTY
(30)
TYPE
(30)
PLATY
(28)
PLATY
(28)
PEATY
(28)
PANTY
(28)
PLANET
(28)
PENTYL
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PANTY
(28)
PLENTY
(28)
PLENTY
(28)
PENTYL
(28)
APTLY
(28)
PEATY
(28)
APTLY
(28)
PLAY
(27)
TYPE
(27)
YELP
(27)
YELP
(27)
PEAT
(27)
PATE
(27)
PANE
(27)
PEAL
(27)
PANT
(27)
TYPE
(27)
NEAP
(27)
PLAY
(27)
PALE
(27)
YELP
(27)
PLANET
(27)
PLANET
(27)
NEATLY
(27)
YELP
(27)
PLANET
(27)
PLAN
(27)
PELT
(27)

penalty in Words With Friends™

The word penalty is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters penalty:

PENALTY
(113 = 78 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

aplenty, penalty

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word penalty

PENALTY
(113 = 78 + 35)
PENALTY
(107 = 72 + 35)
PENALTY
(101 = 66 + 35)
PENALTY
(95 = 60 + 35)
PENALTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PENALTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PENALTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PENALTY
(89 = 54 + 35)
PENALTY
(89 = 54 + 35)
PENALTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PENALTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PENALTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PENALTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PENALTY
(79 = 44 + 35)
PENALTY
(75 = 40 + 35)
PENALTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
PENALTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
PENALTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
PENALTY
(69 = 34 + 35)
PENALTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PENALTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PENALTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PENALTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PENALTY
(65 = 30 + 35)
PENALTY
(65 = 30 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(61 = 26 + 35)
PENALTY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PENALTY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PENALTY
(58 = 23 + 35)
PENALTY
(58 = 23 + 35)
PENALTY
(57 = 22 + 35)
PENALTY
(57 = 22 + 35)
PENALTY
(56 = 21 + 35)
PENALTY
(55 = 20 + 35)
PENALTY
(54 = 19 + 35)
PENALTY
(54 = 19 + 35)
PENALTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
PENALTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
PENALTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
PENALTY
(52 = 17 + 35)
PENALTY
(52 = 17 + 35)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(50 = 15 + 35)
PENALTY
(50 = 15 + 35)
PENALTY
(50 = 15 + 35)
PENALTY
(49 = 14 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In penalty

PENALTY
(113 = 78 + 35)
PENALTY
(107 = 72 + 35)
APLENTY
(107 = 72 + 35)
APLENTY
(107 = 72 + 35)
PENALTY
(101 = 66 + 35)
APLENTY
(101 = 66 + 35)
PENALTY
(95 = 60 + 35)
APLENTY
(95 = 60 + 35)
APLENTY
(95 = 60 + 35)
APLENTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
APLENTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PENALTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
APLENTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PENALTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PENALTY
(91 = 56 + 35)
PENALTY
(89 = 54 + 35)
APLENTY
(89 = 54 + 35)
PENALTY
(89 = 54 + 35)
PENALTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
APLENTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
APLENTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
APLENTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PENALTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PENALTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
APLENTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
PENALTY
(83 = 48 + 35)
APLENTY
(79 = 44 + 35)
PENALTY
(79 = 44 + 35)
PENTYL
(75)
APLENTY
(75 = 40 + 35)
PENALTY
(75 = 40 + 35)
PENALTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
PENALTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
APLENTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
APLENTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
APLENTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
PENALTY
(71 = 36 + 35)
PENALTY
(69 = 34 + 35)
PLENTY
(69)
PLENTY
(69)
APLENTY
(69 = 34 + 35)
PENALTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PENALTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
APLENTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
APLENTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PENALTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
APLENTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PENALTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
APLENTY
(67 = 32 + 35)
PENALTY
(65 = 30 + 35)
APLENTY
(65 = 30 + 35)
PENALTY
(65 = 30 + 35)
APLENTY
(65 = 30 + 35)
PENTYL
(63)
APLENTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PLENTY
(63)
APLENTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
APLENTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PLANET
(63)
APLENTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
APLENTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
APLENTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
APLENTY
(63 = 28 + 35)
PENALTY
(61 = 26 + 35)
APLENTY
(59 = 24 + 35)
APLENTY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PENALTY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PENALTY
(59 = 24 + 35)
PENALTY
(58 = 23 + 35)
PENALTY
(58 = 23 + 35)
APLENTY
(57 = 22 + 35)
PLENTY
(57)
APLENTY
(57 = 22 + 35)
PANTY
(57)
PENALTY
(57 = 22 + 35)
PLATY
(57)
APTLY
(57)
PLANET
(57)
PENTYL
(57)
PENALTY
(57 = 22 + 35)
PENTYL
(57)
PENALTY
(56 = 21 + 35)
APLENTY
(55 = 20 + 35)
PENALTY
(55 = 20 + 35)
APLENTY
(55 = 20 + 35)
APLENTY
(55 = 20 + 35)
APLENTY
(55 = 20 + 35)
APLENTY
(54 = 19 + 35)
YELP
(54)
PENALTY
(54 = 19 + 35)
PLAY
(54)
PEATY
(54)
NEATLY
(54)
PLANE
(54)
PLANT
(54)
APLENTY
(54 = 19 + 35)
PENAL
(54)
PANEL
(54)
PENALTY
(54 = 19 + 35)
APLENTY
(54 = 19 + 35)
APLENTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
APLENTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
APLENTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
APLENTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
APLENTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
PENALTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
PENALTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
PENALTY
(53 = 18 + 35)
PLENTY
(52)
PENTYL
(52)
APLENTY
(52 = 17 + 35)
PENTYL
(52)
PENALTY
(52 = 17 + 35)
PENALTY
(52 = 17 + 35)
PLENTY
(52)
APLENTY
(52 = 17 + 35)
APLENTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PLENTY
(51)
APLENTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PLATE
(51)
PENTYL
(51)
PENTYL
(51)
APTLY
(51)
PLANET
(51)
PANTY
(51)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PLATY
(51)
PLAN
(51)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PLEAT
(51)
APLENTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
APLENTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
APLENTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PETAL
(51)
PLENTY
(51)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
LEAPT
(51)
PENALTY
(51 = 16 + 35)
PENALTY
(50 = 15 + 35)
PENALTY
(50 = 15 + 35)
APLENTY
(50 = 15 + 35)
APLENTY
(50 = 15 + 35)
PENALTY
(50 = 15 + 35)
APLENTY
(49 = 14 + 35)
PENALTY
(49 = 14 + 35)
YELP
(48)
NEATLY
(48)
PLEA
(48)
PELT
(48)
PLAY
(48)
PEAL
(48)
PANT
(48)
PEATY
(48)
PENT
(48)
NEATLY
(48)
PANE
(48)
LEAP
(48)
NEAP
(48)
PALE
(48)
APTLY
(45)
PATE
(45)
PLENTY
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PLENTY
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PEAT
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PENTYL
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PLANET
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PLATY
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PLANET
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APTLY
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PLANET
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PLANT
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PLENTY
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YNAL
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PENAL
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PLANE
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PLANT
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PLANE
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NEATLY
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PENTYL
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PANEL
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NEATLY
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PLANE
(40)
PEATY
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NEATLY
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Words within the letters of penalty

2 letter words in penalty (11 words)

6 letter words in penalty (4 words)

7 letter words in penalty (Anagrams) (2 words)

penalty + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence penalty

Words that start with penalty (1 word)

Words with penalty in them (1 word)

Words that end with penalty (1 word)

Word Growth involving penalty

Shorter words in penalty

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pe pen penal

Longer words containing penalty

(No longer words found)