INFANT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. INFANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFANT?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFANT is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFANT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INFANT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in INFANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 81,759.
What does INFANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A very young child, especially one who cannot yet walk or talk.
An infant is a baby or toddler in the earliest stage of life. The word comes from Latin for "not speaking", which is why it points to the time before a child has language. In British schools "infants" are pupils of about five to seven, and in law an infant is anyone below the age of majority. The adjective use, as in an infant industry, describes anything only just beginning.
How INFANT is used
Neutral; more clinical than "baby" and common in medical and legal writing.
- The nurse carried the infant to the window.
- Rates of illness are highest in the first year of an infant's life.
- Every infant needs frequent feeding and sleep.
- She taught at an infant school for twenty years.
- An infant was left in the care of its grandmother.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INFANT
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Shorter words from the letters in INFANT
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Common questions about INFANT
- Is INFANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFANT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFANT worth?
- INFANT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFANT mean?
- A very young child, especially one who cannot yet walk or talk.
- What letters can be added to INFANT?
- INFANT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of INFANT:
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