COMMUNICANT is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. COMMUNICANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COMMUNICANT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COMMUNICANT is to know. It scores 19 from 11 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COMMUNICANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
communicantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COMMUNICANT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COMMUNICANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 2 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COMMUNICANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COMMUNICANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who receives, or is entitled to receive, Holy Communion; more generally, someone who passes on information.
In church life a communicant is a member in good standing who takes part in the sacrament. Parishes sometimes keep a list of communicants to track attendance. The general sense, a person who conveys a message, is much less common.
How COMMUNICANT is used
Typically religious; the general sense of an informant is rare and slightly formal.
- Every communicant came forward to the altar rail in turn.
- The parish counted nearly two hundred communicants at Easter.
- She had been a regular communicant since her teens.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMMUNICANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COMMUNICANT
1 longer words begin with COMMUNICANT.
Shorter words from the letters in COMMUNICANT
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Common questions about COMMUNICANT
- Is COMMUNICANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COMMUNICANT, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COMMUNICANT worth?
- COMMUNICANT is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMMUNICANT mean?
- A person who receives, or is entitled to receive, Holy Communion; more generally, someone who passes on information.
- What letters can be added to COMMUNICANT?
- COMMUNICANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COMMUNICANT:
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