penury

penury is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.
2. noun. Penuriousness; miserliness.
3. noun. a state of extreme poverty or destitution

   "their indigence appalled him"

   "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

   Synonyms: indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization

Synonyms

indigence, need, pauperism, pauperization

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in penury:

pruney

Common word forms

penuries

Words from these letters

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