penglish
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of penglish
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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(informal)A language that combines Persian and English.
“Gradually, however, English, Penglish (a hybrid of Persian and English), and other host country languages have become accepted, as filmmakers and audiences have evolved and set down roots abroad.”
“Finally, these displaced toughs' adoption of the Iranian exiles' lingo, Penglish (a mixture of Persian and English), which they further mingled with their own argot, produced a rich, hybridized, and humorous language that required a knowing audience to decode and fully appreciate.”
“We laugh in Persian, and this is always the language for jokes, which sometimes causes difficulties for American girlfriends. But if we take a closer look, things are more complicated, as diglossia – Penglish or Fenglish – is spreading […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Blend of Persian + English.
Words you can make from penglish
165 playable · top: HELPINGS (14 pts)
Best play helpings 14 points7-letter words
4 words6-letter words
9 words5-letter words
31 words- HELPS 10 pts
- SHLEP 10 pts
- HINGE 9 pts
- NEIGH 9 pts
- NIGHS 9 pts
- GENIP 8 pts
- HEILS 8 pts
- PINGS 8 pts
- SHIEL 8 pts
- SHINE 8 pts
- PEINS 7 pts
- PENIS 7 pts
- PILES 7 pts
- PINES 7 pts
- PLIES 7 pts
- SLIPE 7 pts
- SNIPE 7 pts
- SPEIL 7 pts
- SPIEL 7 pts
- SPILE 7 pts
- SPINE 7 pts
- GLENS 6 pts
- INGLE 6 pts
- LINGS 6 pts
- SEGNI 6 pts
- SENGI 6 pts
- SINGE 6 pts
- SLING 6 pts
- LENIS 5 pts
- LIENS 5 pts
- LINES 5 pts
4-letter words
60 words- HELP 9 pts
- HEPS 9 pts
- HIPS 9 pts
- PEHS 9 pts
- PHIS 9 pts
- PISH 9 pts
- SHIP 9 pts
- GHIS 8 pts
- NIGH 8 pts
- SIGH 8 pts
- ELHI 7 pts
- GIPS 7 pts
- HEIL 7 pts
- HENS 7 pts
- HIES 7 pts
- HINS 7 pts
- HISN 7 pts
- PEGS 7 pts
- PIGS 7 pts
- PING 7 pts
- SHEN 7 pts
- SHIN 7 pts
- SINH 7 pts
- LIPE 6 pts
- LIPS 6 pts
- LISP 6 pts
- NIPS 6 pts
- PEIN 6 pts
- PENS 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PILE 6 pts
- PINE 6 pts
- PINS 6 pts
- PLIE 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SLIP 6 pts
- SNIP 6 pts
- SPIN 6 pts
- EGIS 5 pts
- ENGS 5 pts
- GELS 5 pts
- GENS 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIES 5 pts
- GINS 5 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- LEGS 5 pts
- LING 5 pts
- NEGS 5 pts
- SIGN 5 pts
- SING 5 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
- LIEN 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINS 4 pts
- NILS 4 pts
- SINE 4 pts
3-letter words
45 words- HEP 8 pts
- HIP 8 pts
- PEH 8 pts
- PHI 8 pts
- GHI 7 pts
- GIP 6 pts
- HEN 6 pts
- HES 6 pts
- HIE 6 pts
- HIN 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- PEG 6 pts
- PIG 6 pts
- SHE 6 pts
- LIP 5 pts
- NIP 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PES 5 pts
- PIE 5 pts
- PIN 5 pts
- PIS 5 pts
- PSI 5 pts
- SIP 5 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GIE 4 pts
- GIN 4 pts
- GIS 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- SEG 4 pts
- SIG 4 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
- SEI 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
2-letter words
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