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P·3+R·1+O·1+E·1+M·3 = 9 pts
6-Letter Words (8):
peplum (12 points)
Skirtlike dress addition
Sport, by choice, ancient Greek attire
Flounce on a garment
P·3+E·1+P·3+L·1+U·1+M·3 = 12 pts
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+G·2+M·3 = 14 pts
phloem (13 points)
Plant's food-conducting tissue
Food-conducting plant tissue
Innermost layer of tree bark
P·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+E·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+I·1+L·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 10 pts
plenum (10 points)
Vacuum's opposite (anagram of LUMPEN)
General assembly of legislators
Assembly with all members present
P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+U·1+M·3 = 10 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+A·1+R·1+M·3 = 10 pts
prelim (10 points)
Event in preparation for another (abbr)
Not a heavyweight bout (wordplay)
Four-rounder, maybe
P·3+R·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+M·3 = 10 pts
7-Letter Words (13):
P·3+E·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 11 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+M·3 = 14 pts
pietism (11 points)
Old Lutheran movement
Old doctrinal Lutheran movement
Hypocrisy and spite I'm battling
P·3+I·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 11 pts
pinetum (11 points)
Conifer plantation upsetting mum and pop
Area of land where conifers are grown
Conifer plantation
P·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+U·1+M·3 = 11 pts
P·3+L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 11 pts
P·3+O·1+P·3+E·1+D·2+O·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+O·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 14 pts
premium (13 points)
Cover charge (wordplay)
Payment for quality (wordplay)
Extra cost of something in short supply
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+M·3 = 11 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+W·4+A·1+R·1+M·3 = 14 pts
problem (13 points)
Something wrong (wordplay)
Gordian knot, for one
Difficulty (these days, of any kind)
P·3+R·1+O·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+M·3 = 13 pts
8-Letter Words (14):
P·3+A·1+E·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 12 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+E·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+E·1+C·3+U·1+L·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 16 pts
P·3+E·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+L·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+E·1+P·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+B·3+L·1+E·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 12 pts
P·3+I·1+P·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3 = 14 pts
plectrum (14 points)
It's used to pluck, a guitar say
One for plucking guitar
One might help one pick out a tune
P·3+L·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+R·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
pleonasm (12 points)
"The very identical thing itself."
Redundancy plan some found upsetting
Use of more words than necessary
P·3+L·1+E·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+S·1+M·3 = 12 pts
P·3+U·1+D·2+E·1+N·1+D·2+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
9-Letter Words (16):
P·3+A·1+C·3+H·4+Y·4+D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3 = 22 pts
pantheism (16 points)
Readiness to believe in all or many gods
Belief that God is in everyting
Belief that God is in everything - even in a shipment
P·3+A·1+N·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 16 pts
P·3+A·1+U·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
pentagram (14 points)
Magician's symbol
Write name on stuff which is mystical
Pagan term translated as magic symbol
P·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+A·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 14 pts
pessimism (15 points)
Bad ideas (wordplay)
Gloomy view of life
Tendency to take a gloomy view of things
P·3+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+M·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
petroleum (13 points)
Troubled, let me pour oil (wordplay)
Oil neck part with hesitation (wordplay)
Sort of jelly prepared in our temple
P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+L·1+E·1+X·8+I·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 23 pts
P·3+O·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
pressroom (13 points)
Sarah Sanders spot
*White House conference site
Where the fourth estate gets briefed
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+R·1+O·1+O·1+M·3 = 13 pts
P·3+R·1+I·1+N·1+C·3+E·1+D·2+O·1+M·3 = 16 pts
protoderm (14 points)
Botany The primary meristem that gives rise to epidermis. Also called dermatogen .
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3 = 14 pts
pseudonym (17 points)
Pen name - use my pond (anagram)
Lewis Carroll, for one
S as in pen name (wordplay)
P·3+S·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+O·1+N·1+Y·4+M·3 = 17 pts
P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+Y·4+G·2+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 17 pts
P·3+U·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 13 pts
pyrethrum (19 points)
Bonfire temperature's hot beside unusual chrysanth
It's for burning the dead bits of edging in the garden
Fever few connected with new therapy, excluding a drink
P·3+Y·4+R·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+R·1+U·1+M·3 = 19 pts
10-Letter Words (24):
palmerworm (19 points)
""Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects.""
P·3+A·1+L·1+M·3+E·1+R·1+W·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 19 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+E·1+C·3+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 18 pts
perimysium (19 points)
""The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a muscle, and sends partitions inwards between the bundles of muscular fibers.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+M·3+Y·4+S·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 19 pts
periosteum (14 points)
The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+S·1+T·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
peritoneum (14 points)
Membrane lining the abdominal cavity
Serous membrane lining abdominal organs
Gut sac where eruption has me bothered
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+O·1+N·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+E·1+T·1+R·1+O·1+L·1+A·1+T·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+H·4+A·1+N·1+E·1+R·1+O·1+G·2+A·1+M·3 = 18 pts
phelloderm (18 points)
A layer of green parenchimatous cells formed on the inner side of the phellogen.
P·3+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+M·3 = 18 pts
phlebogram (20 points)
""A tracing (with the sphygmograph) of the movements of a vein, or of the venous pulse.""
P·3+H·4+L·1+E·1+B·3+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 20 pts
P·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+M·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+M·3 = 17 pts
polemonium (16 points)
""A genus of gamopetalous perennial herbs, including the Jacob's ladder and the Greek valerian.""
P·3+O·1+L·1+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 16 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+M·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 19 pts
polytheism (20 points)
Belief in more than one god
Worship of more than one god
Imply ethos is wrong with this sort of belief
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+H·4+E·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 20 pts
postbellum (16 points)
Like the U.S. after 1865
After the war
Model receiving complaint to consider retiring after hostilities ended
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+B·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+U·1+M·3 = 16 pts
postmortem (16 points)
Obit for a Washington paper (wordplay)
One's passed in this exam
After passing examination
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+T·1+E·1+M·3 = 16 pts
praesidium (15 points)
""(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a variant spelling of presidium PRESSWOMAN (esp Brit: = reporter ) → Zeitungsfrau f , → Pressefrau f (Typ) → Druckerin f PRESSWOMEN (esp Brit: = reporter ) → Zeitungsfrau f , → Pressefrau f (Typ) → Druckerin f PRIMAQUINE (Medicine / Pharmacology) a synthetic drug used in the treatment of malaria. Formula: C 15 H 21 N 3 O [from prima-, from Latin prīmus first + quin ( olin ) e ]""
P·3+R·1+A·1+E·1+S·1+I·1+D·2+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 15 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 17 pts
P·3+R·1+E·1+S·1+E·1+N·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 14 pts
promethium (19 points)
Radioactive lanthanide element, atomic no 61
Element supporting me, I'm thus not entirely unfortunate
P·3+R·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+T·1+H·4+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 19 pts
propylaeum (19 points)
Pl. propylaea (-l ) An entrance or vestibule to a temple or group of buildings. Also called propylon .
P·3+R·1+O·1+P·3+Y·4+L·1+A·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 19 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+C·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 16 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+X·8+Y·4+L·1+E·1+M·3 = 24 pts
P·3+S·1+A·1+L·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 14 pts
P·3+U·1+E·1+R·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 16 pts
11-Letter Words (19):
pandemonium (18 points)
Flower that's a riot of color (wordplay)
Hell with a devil inside (wordplay)
Chaos and confusion
P·3+A·1+N·1+D·2+E·1+M·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 18 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+F·4+O·1+R·1+M·3 = 18 pts
paternalism (15 points)
Perhaps Parliament's unwanted interference
Regulatory nature of the father of parliaments abroad
P·3+A·1+T·1+E·1+R·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
pelargonium (16 points)
Growth of cultivated geranium with heads of pink and opal, planted round lake
P·3+E·1+L·1+A·1+R·1+G·2+O·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 16 pts
penicillium (17 points)
Pl. penicilliums or penicillia (-s l - ) Any of various characteristically bluish-green fungi of the genus Penicillium that grow as molds on decaying fruits and ripening cheese and are used in the production of penicillin and in making cheese.
P·3+E·1+N·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 17 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+A·1+R·1+D·2+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 18 pts
pericranium (17 points)
The periosteum which covers the cranium externally; the region around the cranium.
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+R·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 17 pts
perineurium (15 points)
""The connective tissue sheath which surrounds a bundle of nerve fibers. See Epineurium, and Neurilemma. Epineurium, and Neurilemma.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+N·1+E·1+U·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 15 pts
perithecium (20 points)
""An organ in certain fungi and lichens, surrounding and enveloping the masses of fructification.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+C·3+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 20 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+S·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
photosystem (21 points)
""(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants""
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+S·1+Y·4+S·1+T·1+E·1+M·3 = 21 pts
planetarium (15 points)
Space perhaps, to see stars (wordplay)
Where stars gather (wordplay)
Place known to screen stars
P·3+L·1+A·1+N·1+E·1+T·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 15 pts
P·3+L·1+E·1+B·3+E·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 17 pts
P·3+L·1+E·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+I·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 15 pts
pleochroism (20 points)
""The property possessed by some crystals, of showing different colors when viewed in the direction of different axes.""
P·3+L·1+E·1+O·1+C·3+H·4+R·1+O·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 20 pts
proctodaeum (18 points)
Pl. proctodea (-d ) or proctodeums also proctodaea (-d ) or proctodaeums An inward fold on the surface of the embryonic ectoderm that develops into part of the anal passage.
P·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+T·1+O·1+D·2+A·1+E·1+U·1+M·3 = 18 pts
proselytism (18 points)
""The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party.""
P·3+R·1+O·1+S·1+E·1+L·1+Y·4+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 18 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+H·4+L·1+O·1+E·1+M·3 = 20 pts
12-Letter Words (8):
perionychium (24 points)
Pl. perionychia (- - ) The border of epidermal tissue surrounding a fingernail or toenail.
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+Y·4+C·3+H·4+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 24 pts
pleomorphism (23 points)
""The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism. dimorphism and trimorphism.""
P·3+L·1+E·1+O·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 23 pts
poikilotherm (23 points)
""An organism, such as a fish or reptile, having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of its surroundings; an ectotherm.""
P·3+O·1+I·1+K·5+I·1+L·1+O·1+T·1+H·4+E·1+R·1+M·3 = 23 pts
P·3+O·1+L·1+Y·4+C·3+E·1+N·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 21 pts
praseodymium (22 points)
""An elementary substance, one of the constituents of didymium; so called from the green color of its salts. Symbol Ps. Atomic weight 143.6.""
P·3+R·1+A·1+S·1+E·1+O·1+D·2+Y·4+M·3+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 22 pts
P·3+S·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+O·1+P·3+O·1+D·2+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 20 pts
pseudorandom (18 points)
""Of, relating to, or being random numbers generated by a definite, nonrandom computational process.""
P·3+S·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+O·1+R·1+A·1+N·1+D·2+O·1+M·3 = 18 pts
pteridosperm (19 points)
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) (Earth Sciences / Palaeontology) any extinct seed-producing fernlike plant of the group Pteridospermae Also called seed fern [from Greek pteris a fern + -sperm ]
P·3+T·1+E·1+R·1+I·1+D·2+O·1+S·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+M·3 = 19 pts
13-Letter Words (12):
P·3+A·1+E·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 25 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+L·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 18 pts
P·3+A·1+R·1+A·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 20 pts
pedestrianism (18 points)
Addiction of the 50-mile hikers.
Walking skill
President aims to shatter eco-friendly movement
P·3+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 18 pts
P·3+E·1+R·1+F·4+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 22 pts
perichondrium (23 points)
""The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces.""
P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3+H·4+O·1+N·1+D·2+R·1+I·1+U·1+M·3 = 23 pts
phenomenalism (22 points)
""That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual.""
P·3+H·4+E·1+N·1+O·1+M·3+E·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 22 pts
P·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+H·4+E·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 23 pts
P·3+L·1+E·1+T·1+H·4+Y·4+S·1+M·3+O·1+G·2+R·1+A·1+M·3 = 26 pts
postmodernism (20 points)
Style of New York's Sony Building
Literature genre
Late 20th-century style of art and literature
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+O·1+D·2+E·1+R·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 20 pts
P·3+R·1+O·1+G·2+R·1+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+V·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 21 pts
protectionism (19 points)
Import-tariff policy
Shielding from foreign competition
Charge is made initially for shielding home industry
P·3+R·1+O·1+T·1+E·1+C·3+T·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 19 pts
14-Letter Words (3):
P·3+A·1+L·1+E·1+O·1+M·3+A·1+G·2+N·1+E·1+T·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 21 pts
P·3+H·4+O·1+T·1+O·1+P·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+O·1+D·2+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 24 pts
pseudomorphism (26 points)
""The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species.""
P·3+S·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+O·1+M·3+O·1+R·1+P·3+H·4+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 26 pts
15-Letter Words (1):
professionalism (22 points)
Competence of experts
Skill not displayed by amateur
Expertise is disguised with prim aloofness
P·3+R·1+O·1+F·4+E·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+O·1+N·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 22 pts
16-Letter Words (2):
premillennialism (22 points)
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 22 pts
pseudoclassicism (25 points)
P·3+S·1+E·1+U·1+D·2+O·1+C·3+L·1+A·1+S·1+S·1+I·1+C·3+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 25 pts
17-Letter Words (3):
postmillennialism (23 points)
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+N·1+I·1+A·1+L·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 23 pts
predestinarianism (22 points)
P·3+R·1+E·1+D·2+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 22 pts
premillenarianism (23 points)
P·3+R·1+E·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 23 pts
18-Letter Words (1):
postmillenarianism (24 points)
P·3+O·1+S·1+T·1+M·3+I·1+L·1+L·1+E·1+N·1+A·1+R·1+I·1+A·1+N·1+I·1+S·1+M·3 = 24 pts
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Enter letters or a pattern, optionally pick a dictionary, and we'll find every valid word matching your criteria. Results show with point scores, definitions, and clickable details.
What dictionaries are available?
32 dictionaries across 11 languages including Scrabble TWL/SOWPODS, Words With Friends, Crossword, and per-language dictionaries for German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish.
Can I see crossword clues for results?
Yes — when applicable, each result word is clickable to show known crossword clues from our 1.99M-clue corpus plus dictionary definitions and external lookup links.
Is this free?
All basic searches are free. Unlimited usage and advanced features require a subscription via grandewebnetwork members.
How current is your data?
Word lists are updated monthly to track new tournament dictionary editions. Clue corpora are refreshed quarterly from public crossword archives.
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