Velites is valid Scrabble Word

Is velites a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is velites valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

7 letters word
10 points in Scrabble
12 points in WWF

Definitions for VELITES in dictionary:

PLURAL NOUN:

light-armed troops in ancient Rome, drawn from the poorer classes

NOUN:

(Latin) foot-soldiers of ancient Rome
a Roman light infantry and skirmishers who were armed with a number of darts.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

foot soldiers of ancient Rome

How to use VELITES in a sentence

The Velites were light-armed troops, employed on out-post duty, and mingled with the horsemen.
Night and day on the headland velites had been watching for the trireme of Antipater.
The Velites were not divided into companies, but were distributed equally among the Hastati, Principes, and Triarii.

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