COURANT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. COURANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COURANT?
| 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: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COURANT is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COURANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COURANT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in COURANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 128,662.
What does COURANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A lively old dance with running or gliding steps; the same name is used for a piece of music written for it.
The courant was a fixture of court life and of baroque suites, where it follows the allemande. In heraldry the same spelling describes an animal shown running. Newspaper titles also borrowed the name, as in the old Courant papers.
How COURANT is used
Courant is a historical dance term, also an heraldic adjective.
- The dancers glided through a stately courant.
- Bach wrote a courant for each of his cello suites.
- The shield showed a stag courant across a green field.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COURANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COURANT
6 longer words begin with COURANT.
Shorter words from the letters in COURANT
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Common questions about COURANT
- Is COURANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COURANT, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COURANT worth?
- COURANT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COURANT mean?
- A lively old dance with running or gliding steps; the same name is used for a piece of music written for it.
- What letters can be added to COURANT?
- COURANT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of COURANT:
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