EXTANT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. EXTANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXTANT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXTANT is to know. It scores 13 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXTANT
Front hooks — 1
sextantBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How EXTANT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EXTANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,639.
What does EXTANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Still in existence; not lost, destroyed or died out.
The word is most often applied to old manuscripts, buildings or species that have survived into the present. Only a handful of Shakespeare's original papers are extant, for example, while the dodo is no longer an extant bird. It is the opposite of extinct or lost. The Latin root means standing out, which explains the older sense of something visible above a surface.
How EXTANT is used
Formal; typical of scholarly and historical writing.
- Only three copies of the book are extant.
- Few extant letters mention the battle.
- The oldest extant church in the town dates from the twelfth century.
- Scientists count several hundred extant species of the group.
- No extant record explains why the bridge was built.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXTANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EXTANT
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Common questions about EXTANT
- Is EXTANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXTANT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXTANT worth?
- EXTANT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXTANT mean?
- Still in existence; not lost, destroyed or died out.
- What letters can be added to EXTANT?
- EXTANT takes 1 hook: 1 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EXTANT:
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