ADNOUN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ADNOUN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ADNOUN?
| 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: 29 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ADNOUN is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ADNOUN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
adnounsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ADNOUN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ADNOUN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 68,985.
What does ADNOUN mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
An older grammatical term for an adjective, especially one used as if it were a noun.
Grammarians once classified words more finely than modern schools do, and adnoun named an adjective attached to a noun or standing in for one. The term largely disappeared once adjective became the standard label taught in schools. It still turns up in older grammar books and in historical studies of English grammar.
How ADNOUN is used
Rare outside older grammar texts; modern grammars use adjective instead.
- Older grammar books used the term adnoun for what we now simply call an adjective.
- The professor explained that adnoun once described any adjective used with the force of a noun.
- In eighteenth-century primers, an adnoun was contrasted with a noun substantive.
- Few students today recognize adnoun as an old name for the adjective.
- The dictionary entry marks adnoun as archaic, pointing readers instead to adjective.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ADNOUN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ADNOUN
1 longer words begin with ADNOUN.
Shorter words from the letters in ADNOUN
Common questions about ADNOUN
- Is ADNOUN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ADNOUN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ADNOUN worth?
- ADNOUN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ADNOUN mean?
- An older grammatical term for an adjective, especially one used as if it were a noun.
- What letters can be added to ADNOUN?
- ADNOUN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ADNOUN:
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