penology
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- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of penology
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.
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Etymology
From Latin poena (“penalty, punishment”) + -ology.
Words you can make from penology
112 playable · top: POLYGON (13 pts)
Best play polygon 13 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
38 words- GYPO 10 pts
- POGY 10 pts
- PLOY 9 pts
- POLY 9 pts
- PONY 9 pts
- YELP 9 pts
- GLEY 8 pts
- GYNO 8 pts
- LOGY 8 pts
- GLOP 7 pts
- GOOP 7 pts
- ONLY 7 pts
- POGO 7 pts
- PONG 7 pts
- LOOP 6 pts
- LOPE 6 pts
- NOPE 6 pts
- OPEN 6 pts
- PEON 6 pts
- POLE 6 pts
- POLO 6 pts
- PONE 6 pts
- POOL 6 pts
- POON 6 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- GONE 5 pts
- GOON 5 pts
- LOGE 5 pts
- LOGO 5 pts
- LONG 5 pts
- OGLE 5 pts
- ENOL 4 pts
- LENO 4 pts
- LONE 4 pts
- LOON 4 pts
- NOEL 4 pts
- NOLO 4 pts
- OLEO 4 pts
3-letter words
31 words- GYP 9 pts
- PLY 8 pts
- PYE 8 pts
- YEP 8 pts
- GEY 7 pts
- GOY 7 pts
- LEY 6 pts
- LYE 6 pts
- PEG 6 pts
- YEN 6 pts
- YON 6 pts
- LOP 5 pts
- OPE 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- POL 5 pts
- POO 5 pts
- EGO 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GOO 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- LOG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- NOG 4 pts
- EON 3 pts
- LOO 3 pts
- NOO 3 pts
- OLE 3 pts
- ONE 3 pts
- ONO 3 pts
2-letter words
14 wordsFind your best play with penology
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