AVANT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. AVANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AVANT?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AVANT is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AVANT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AVANT scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AVANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 29,046.
What does AVANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicrare
Situated at the front, or coming before something else in position or time.
Avant survives in English mainly as a borrowed French word meaning before or in front, and it rarely stands alone outside a handful of older or specialized uses. Its most familiar trace today is inside the compound avant-garde, describing artists working ahead of accepted taste. On its own, avant is now unusual enough that most readers meet it only in older texts or dictionaries of unusual words.
How AVANT is used
Rare on its own; most commonly recognized as part of the compound avant-garde.
- The old text used avant where modern writers would say before.
- He placed the guard troops in the avant position.
- The manuscript described the avant line of the procession.
- Scholars noted the archaic use of avant in the poem.
- The word avant rarely appears alone in modern writing.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AVANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with AVANT
5 longer words begin with AVANT.
Words ending in AVANT
3 words end in AVANT. Useful as a back hook: play AVANT onto a word already on the board.
Words with AVANT inside
7 words contain AVANT in the middle. Words that start with AVANT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AVANT
Common questions about AVANT
- Is AVANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AVANT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AVANT worth?
- AVANT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AVANT mean?
- Situated at the front, or coming before something else in position or time.
- What letters can be added to AVANT?
- AVANT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AVANT:
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