Definition of persnickety

"persnickety" in the adjective sense

1. bigheaded, persnickety, snooty, snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's breeches, uppish

used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant

"a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage

"they're snobs

2. pernickety, persnickety

characterized by excessive precision and attention to trivial details

"a persnickety job"

"a persnickety school teacher"

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persnickety in Scrabble®

The word persnickety is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters persnickety:

PERSNICKETY
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (79 words)

centers, centres, cistern, cretins, crispen, cystine, ectypes, encrypt, enteric, enticer, entices, entries, epicyte, eyepits, inepter, inspect, kernite, necktie, peckers, pectens, pectins, percent, peskier, pickers, pickets, pierces, pincers, pinkers, pinkest, pinkeye, pinkeys, precent, precise, present, presync, princes, pterins, pyrites, receipt, recipes, recites, reknits, repents, repines, respect, respice, respite, restick, retypes, rickets, rickety, scenery, scenter, scepter, sceptre, screeny, serpent, sincere, skeptic, skieyer, snicker, specter, spectre, spicery, sticker, stinker, stripey, styrene, syenite, terpine, tickers, tinkers, triceps, tricksy, trienes, triynes, trypsin, yestern, yperite

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word persnickety

PERSNICKETY
(243)
PERSNICKETY
(207)
PERSNICKETY
(162)
PERSNICKETY
(138)
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PERSNICKETY
(27)
PERSNICKETY
(25)
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(25)

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

PERSNICKETY
(243)
PERSNICKETY
(207)
PERSNICKETY
(162)
PERSNICKETY
(138)
PINKEYE
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TRICKSY
(114 = 64 + 50)
PINKEYS
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RICKETY
(114 = 64 + 50)
TRICKSY
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PINKEYS
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PINKEYS
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RICKETY
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PINKEYE
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PINKEYE
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RICKETY
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PECKERS
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PICKERS
(110 = 60 + 50)
PICKETS
(110 = 60 + 50)
PICKERS
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PICKETS
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TRICKSY
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PECKERS
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SKEPTIC
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SKEPTIC
(110 = 60 + 50)
PICKETS
(110 = 60 + 50)
PINKEYS
(110 = 60 + 50)
PINKEYE
(110 = 60 + 50)
TRICKSY
(107 = 57 + 50)
RICKETY
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PINKEYS
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SKIEYER
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TRICKSY
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PINKEYE
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ENCRYPT
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SKIEYER
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EPICYTE
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ECTYPES
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SPICERY
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PRESYNC
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PINKERS
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EPICYTE
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PECKERS
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RESTICK
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TICKERS
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RICKETS
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PICKETS
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ECTYPES
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PINKEST
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NECKTIE
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PICKETS
(104 = 54 + 50)
STICKER
(104 = 54 + 50)
SPICERY
(104 = 54 + 50)
NECKTIE
(104 = 54 + 50)
RICKETS
(104 = 54 + 50)
SNICKER
(104 = 54 + 50)
PINKERS
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PICKERS
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PRESYNC
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ECTYPES
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PESKIER
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SKIEYER
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PESKIER
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PECKERS
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SKEPTIC
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PERSNICKETY
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ENCRYPT
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PINKEST
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TICKERS
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PICKERS
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SKEPTIC
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PINKEST
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PINKERS
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PESKIER
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RICKETS
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NECKTIE
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STICKER
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PINKEYS
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SPICERY
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PINKEYE
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PINKEYS
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SPICERY
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RICKETY
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RICKETY
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RICKETY
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RICKETY
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PINKEYS
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ENCRYPT
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SPICERY
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TRICKSY
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PRESYNC
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EPICYTE
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ENCRYPT
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EPICYTE
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ECTYPES
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EPICYTE
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TRICKSY
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TRICKSY
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TRICKSY
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PINKEYE
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PINKEYE
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PINKEYS
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ECTYPES
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PRESYNC
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PINKEYE
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TRICKSY
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PERSNICKETY
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SKEPTIC
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PINKEYE
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PINKEYE
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PESKIER
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SCREENY
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SCREENY
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SCENERY
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SCENERY
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PYRITES
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PINKEYS
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PICKETS
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PICKERS
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PICKERS
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RICKETY
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RETYPES
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PICKERS
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RETYPES
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PINKEST
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PICKETS
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RETYPES
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RESTICK
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PYRITES
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PINKEYS
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SKEPTIC
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EYEPITS
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PECKERS
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SNICKER
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NECKTIE
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KERNITE
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STICKER
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STINKER
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STRIPEY
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STRIPEY
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PECKERS
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TICKERS
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TINKERS
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TRICKSY
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TRYPSIN
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CYSTINE
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YPERITE
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YPERITE
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SNICKER
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EYEPITS
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SKEPTIC
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SKIEYER
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PRESYNC
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PICKETS
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RETYPES
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SCREENY
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PYRITES
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EYEPITS
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STRIPEY
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EPICYTE
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EPICYTE
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PRESYNC
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ENCRYPT
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SKIEYER
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PICKERS
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CYSTINE
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persnickety in Words With Friends™

The word persnickety is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 24

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters persnickety:

PERSNICKETY
(324)
PERSNICKETY
(324)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (79 words)

centers, centres, cistern, cretins, crispen, cystine, ectypes, encrypt, enteric, enticer, entices, entries, epicyte, eyepits, inepter, inspect, kernite, necktie, peckers, pectens, pectins, percent, peskier, pickers, pickets, pierces, pincers, pinkers, pinkest, pinkeye, pinkeys, precent, precise, present, presync, princes, pterins, pyrites, receipt, recipes, recites, reknits, repents, repines, respect, respice, respite, restick, retypes, rickets, rickety, scenery, scenter, scepter, sceptre, screeny, serpent, sincere, skeptic, skieyer, snicker, specter, spectre, spicery, sticker, stinker, stripey, styrene, syenite, terpine, tickers, tinkers, triceps, tricksy, trienes, triynes, trypsin, yestern, yperite

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word persnickety

PERSNICKETY
(324)
PERSNICKETY
(324)
PERSNICKETY
(252)
PERSNICKETY
(204)
PERSNICKETY
(156)
PERSNICKETY
(124)
PERSNICKETY
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PERSNICKETY
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PERSNICKETY
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(56)
PERSNICKETY
(48)
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(48)
PERSNICKETY
(38)
PERSNICKETY
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PERSNICKETY
(37)
PERSNICKETY
(36)
PERSNICKETY
(33)
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(33)
PERSNICKETY
(31)
PERSNICKETY
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PERSNICKETY
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(28)
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(27)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In persnickety

PERSNICKETY
(324)
PERSNICKETY
(324)
PERSNICKETY
(252)
PERSNICKETY
(204)
PERSNICKETY
(156)
SKEPTIC
(140 = 105 + 35)
PICKETS
(134 = 99 + 35)
PECKERS
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PICKERS
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PINKEYS
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PINKEYE
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TRICKSY
(131 = 96 + 35)
SPICERY
(128 = 93 + 35)
EPICYTE
(128 = 93 + 35)
PRESYNC
(125 = 90 + 35)
INSPECT
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PECTINS
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PECTENS
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PERSNICKETY
(124)
PICKERS
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PINKEYS
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RESPECT
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PINKEYE
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SCEPTRE
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PINKEYS
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SPECTER
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PICKERS
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PICKETS
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PECKERS
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SCEPTER
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TRICEPS
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SPECTRE
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RESPICE
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PINKEYE
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ECTYPES
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PECKERS
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PICKETS
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RICKETY
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RICKETY
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SNICKER
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PICKETS
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PINKEYS
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PECKERS
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PICKERS
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PICKETS
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PINKEYS
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PINKEYE
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PINKEST
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PINKERS
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PINKEST
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NECKTIE
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PINKEYE
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SKEPTIC
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NECKTIE
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PINKEST
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PINKERS
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SKEPTIC
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NECKTIE
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SNICKER
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PINCERS
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INSPECT
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ENCRYPT
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RICKETS
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STICKER
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ENCRYPT
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PRECENT
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TICKERS
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RICKETY
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PESKIER
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TRICKSY
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PESKIER
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STRIPEY
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RICKETY
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EYEPITS
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PERCENT
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TRICKSY
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RESTICK
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PRESYNC
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CRISPEN
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ECTYPES
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SPICERY
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SKEPTIC
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PICKERS
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EPICYTE
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SCENERY
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PRECENT
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PRESYNC
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PRINCES
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STINKER
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PRECENT
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PERCENT
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RICKETY
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PRESYNC
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KERNITE
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REKNITS
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PIERCES
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ECTYPES
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SNICKER
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SNICKER
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TRICEPS
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SPICERY
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EPICYTE
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RESPICE
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CYSTINE
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EPICYTE
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TRYPSIN
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PINKERS
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SKIEYER
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SPECTER
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SPICERY
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TRYPSIN
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CENTERS
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SCEPTER
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PRECISE
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SERPENT
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SPICERY
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ECTYPES
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SPECTRE
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PINKEYE
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PECKERS
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PICKETS
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PECKERS
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PICKERS
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PICKETS
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PINKEYS
(103 = 68 + 35)
PICKERS
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PINKEYS
(103 = 68 + 35)
PINKEYE
(103 = 68 + 35)
PICKETS
(103 = 68 + 35)
PINKEYE
(103 = 68 + 35)

Words within the letters of persnickety

2 letter words in persnickety (8 words)

9 letter words in persnickety (4 words)

11 letter words in persnickety (1 word)

Words containing the sequence persnickety

Words that start with persnickety (1 word)

Words with persnickety in them (1 word)

Words that end with persnickety (1 word)

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