ATTRIT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ATTRIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ATTRIT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ATTRIT is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ATTRIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ATTRIT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ATTRIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 3 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 122,639.
What does ATTRIT mean in Scrabble?
verb
technical
To wear down or weaken gradually, especially an opposing force through sustained pressure.
Attrit is a back-formation from attrition, built by military planners who needed a plain verb for grinding down an enemy over time rather than in one decisive strike. Analysts might say a campaign is meant to attrit enemy supply lines, meaning to reduce their strength bit by bit rather than destroy them outright. The word stays mostly inside strategy papers, war-gaming reports and defense journalism, and general writers still prefer the phrase wear down. Attrit therefore reads as jargon even to native speakers who know the noun attrition well.
How ATTRIT is used
Technical; used in military and strategic writing, rare in general conversation.
- The plan was to attrit the enemy's fuel supply over several months.
- Analysts said the blockade would attrit shipping capacity slowly.
- Officers debated whether to attrit or attack the position directly.
- The report used attrit where older texts might say wear down.
- Sustained raids can attrit a force without a single major battle.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ATTRIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ATTRIT
11 longer words begin with ATTRIT.
Shorter words from the letters in ATTRIT
Common questions about ATTRIT
- Is ATTRIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ATTRIT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ATTRIT worth?
- ATTRIT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ATTRIT mean?
- To wear down or weaken gradually, especially an opposing force through sustained pressure.
- What letters can be added to ATTRIT?
- ATTRIT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ATTRIT:
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