ATTORN is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ATTORN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATTORN?
| 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 ATTORN is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATTORN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
attornsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATTORN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ATTORN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,660.
What stands out about ATTORN
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ATTORN mean in Scrabble?
verb
legalarchaic
To transfer one's tenancy, service, or allegiance formally to a new landlord or lord.
Attorn describes the formal legal act of a tenant acknowledging a new landlord after a property changes hands, so the tenancy continues under the new owner without a fresh lease. The word comes from Old French atorner, meaning to turn or assign, and it kept a narrow, technical life inside English property law. Attorn rarely appears outside legal documents and older feudal records, where a vassal was said to attorn to a new lord after a transfer of land. Modern leases sometimes still use attorn in clauses about what happens if the property is sold.
How ATTORN is used
Legal and archaic; found in property law, older feudal records, and formal lease clauses rather than everyday speech.
- The lease required the tenant to attorn to any new owner of the building.
- Medieval vassals would attorn to a new lord after the land changed hands.
- A clause in the contract makes the renter attorn automatically upon sale.
- Lawyers rarely need the old verb attorn outside property disputes.
- The court asked whether the tenant had attorned to the buyer in writing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATTORN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ATTORN
The 6 tiles of ATTORN in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ATTORN
15 longer words begin with ATTORN.
Shorter words from the letters in ATTORN
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Common questions about ATTORN
- Is ATTORN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATTORN, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATTORN worth?
- ATTORN is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATTORN mean?
- To transfer one's tenancy, service, or allegiance formally to a new landlord or lord.
- What letters can be added to ATTORN?
- ATTORN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ATTORN:
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