DORMIENT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DORMIENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DORMIENT?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DORMIENT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DORMIENT
No single letter turns DORMIENT into another word.
How DORMIENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in DORMIENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DORMIENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about DORMIENT
- All 8 letters of DORMIENT are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does DORMIENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaic
Asleep, or lying inactive as if asleep.
Dormient is a rare literary relative of dormant and keeps a stronger picture of someone actually sleeping. Modern writers meet it mostly in older prose and in heraldry-flavoured descriptions.
How DORMIENT is used
Archaic adjective, found in old texts rather than in present-day speech.
- The dormient knight lay under his stone canopy.
- A dormient volcano loomed over the village.
- The poet addressed the dormient city at midnight.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DORMIENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DORMIENT
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Common questions about DORMIENT
- Is DORMIENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DORMIENT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DORMIENT worth?
- DORMIENT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DORMIENT mean?
- Asleep, or lying inactive as if asleep.
- What letters can be added to DORMIENT?
- No single letter can be added to DORMIENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of DORMIENT:
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