CONFIDANT is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. CONFIDANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CONFIDANT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CONFIDANT is to know. It scores 15 from 9 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CONFIDANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CONFIDANT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in CONFIDANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CONFIDANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CONFIDANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A trusted person to whom one tells private matters and secrets.
A confidant is chosen for discretion more than for advice. The spelling ends in -ant for the person and -ent for the quality of self-assurance, which is a frequent source of mix-ups. Novels and plays often give the hero a loyal confidant to talk to.
How CONFIDANT is used
Used for the person who listens to secrets, often a close friend, advisor or relative.
- She had no confidant at the office, so she kept her worries to herself.
- The prince relied on an old tutor as his only confidant.
- He became her confidant during the long winter of her illness.
- A good confidant never repeats what he has been told.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CONFIDANT and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CONFIDANT
3 longer words begin with CONFIDANT.
Shorter words from the letters in CONFIDANT
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Common questions about CONFIDANT
- Is CONFIDANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CONFIDANT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CONFIDANT worth?
- CONFIDANT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CONFIDANT mean?
- A trusted person to whom one tells private matters and secrets.
- What letters can be added to CONFIDANT?
- CONFIDANT takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of CONFIDANT:
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