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Definition of penury

"penury" in the noun sense

1. indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

"their indigence appalled him"

"a general state of need exists among the homeless"

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Quotations for penury

Where penury is felt the thought is chained.
And sweet colloquial pleasures are but few. [ Cowper ]

Abundance without discretion is plain penury. [ Matteo Gribaldi ]

The weariest and most loathed worldly life that age, ache, penury, and imprisonment can lay on nature is a paradise to what we fear of death. [ William Shakespeare ]

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penury in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters penury:

PENURY
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penury in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

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Words within the letters of penury

2 letter words in penury (7 words)

ennupereunupye

3 letter words in penury (11 words)

penperprypunruerunryeurnyenyepyup

4 letter words in penury (5 words)

preypunypurepyrerune

5 letter words in penury (1 word)

prune

6 letter words in penury (1 word)

penury

penury + 2 blanks (1 word)

underpay
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Words containing the sequence penury

Words that start with penury (1 word)

penury

Words with penury in them (1 word)

penury

Words that end with penury (1 word)

penury
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Word Growth involving penury

Shorter words in penury

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pe pen

Longer words containing penury

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