COMPLAISANT is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. COMPLAISANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COMPLAISANT?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COMPLAISANT is to know. It scores 17 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COMPLAISANT
No single letter turns COMPLAISANT into another word.
How COMPLAISANT scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in COMPLAISANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COMPLAISANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COMPLAISANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formalliterary
Eager to please and willing to go along with what others want.
Complaisant can be a compliment for gracious manners, or a mild criticism for someone too willing to yield. It is easily mistaken for complacent, which means smugly satisfied.
How COMPLAISANT is used
Rather formal; do not confuse it with complacent.
- The complaisant host fetched drinks for everyone.
- A complaisant committee approved the plan without a single question.
- She gave a complaisant smile and agreed to everything.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COMPLAISANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COMPLAISANT
1 longer words begin with COMPLAISANT.
Shorter words from the letters in COMPLAISANT
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Common questions about COMPLAISANT
- Is COMPLAISANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COMPLAISANT, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COMPLAISANT worth?
- COMPLAISANT is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COMPLAISANT mean?
- Eager to please and willing to go along with what others want.
- What letters can be added to COMPLAISANT?
- No single letter can be added to COMPLAISANT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of COMPLAISANT:
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