EQUANT is valid in Collins, not in North America — 15 points
It depends on the list you play by. EQUANT is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 15 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept EQUANT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EQUANT is to know. It scores 15 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EQUANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
equantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How EQUANT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in EQUANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| q | 1 | 1 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 76,649.
What does EQUANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A point used in old astronomy to make a planet's motion look even.
The equant was an answer to an awkward fact: planets do not move at a steady rate around the centre of their circle. A second point was put in and the steadiness measured from there, which worked well enough to last fourteen centuries and offended almost everybody on principle.
How EQUANT is used
Countable: an equant, two equants. Chiefly in the history of astronomy.
- The equant saved the appearances and satisfied nobody.
- Copernicus objected to the equant before he objected to anything else.
- Each planet needed an equant of its own.
- The equant is the part of the old system hardest to defend.
- Removing the equant was the first argument, not the last.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EQUANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with EQUANT
1 longer words begin with EQUANT.
Shorter words from the letters in EQUANT
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Common questions about EQUANT
- Is EQUANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EQUANT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EQUANT worth?
- EQUANT is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EQUANT mean?
- A point used in old astronomy to make a planet's motion look even.
- What letters can be added to EQUANT?
- EQUANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of EQUANT:
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