ARGENT is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ARGENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARGENT?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ARGENT is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARGENT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARGENT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ARGENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 17,033.
What does ARGENT mean in Scrabble?
noun
heraldryliterary
In heraldry, the tincture representing silver or white, ranking alongside gold as one of the two metal colors used on a shield.
In blazon, the formal language of heraldry, argent denotes the color silver or white and is one of only two metals recognized alongside gold, or or. Heralds place argent against darker tinctures such as gules, red, or azure, blue, to keep a shield legible from a distance, following the rule of tincture that forbids placing metal directly on metal. Beyond heraldry, poets and older writers borrowed argent as a literary word for anything silvery, especially moonlight or a shining surface.
How ARGENT is used
Mainly a heraldry term, occasionally borrowed by poetic or literary writing for something silver in color.
- The shield shows a lion argent on a field of blue.
- Heralds describe the moon as argent in older poetry.
- The coat of arms combines argent and gules in equal measure.
- Argent must never sit directly against another metal on a shield.
- The old ballad calls the lake an argent mirror under the stars.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARGENT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ARGENT
The 6 tiles of ARGENT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ARGENT
11 longer words begin with ARGENT.
Shorter words from the letters in ARGENT
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Common questions about ARGENT
- Is ARGENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARGENT, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARGENT worth?
- ARGENT is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARGENT mean?
- In heraldry, the tincture representing silver or white, ranking alongside gold as one of the two metal colors used on a shield.
- What letters can be added to ARGENT?
- ARGENT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ARGENT:
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