ARGONAUT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ARGONAUT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ARGONAUT?
| 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 ARGONAUT is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ARGONAUT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
argonautsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ARGONAUT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ARGONAUT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ARGONAUT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ARGONAUT mean in Scrabble?
noun
One of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason on the ship Argo; also a small octopus-like sea creature.
In Greek myth every argonaut joined the quest for the Golden Fleece. The paper nautilus, a floating cephalopod, borrows the name, and in a looser sense an argonaut can be any bold adventurer.
How ARGONAUT is used
Argonaut is used in myth retellings, in zoology and, loosely, for daring explorers.
- Heracles was said to be an argonaut before he left the expedition.
- The female argonaut carries a thin shell for her eggs.
- Every early argonaut of the internet faced strange new territory.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ARGONAUT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ARGONAUT
2 longer words begin with ARGONAUT.
Shorter words from the letters in ARGONAUT
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Common questions about ARGONAUT
- Is ARGONAUT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ARGONAUT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ARGONAUT worth?
- ARGONAUT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ARGONAUT mean?
- One of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason on the ship Argo; also a small octopus-like sea creature.
- What letters can be added to ARGONAUT?
- ARGONAUT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ARGONAUT:
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