ERRANT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ERRANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ERRANT?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ERRANT is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ERRANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
errantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ERRANT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ERRANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 20,440.
What does ERRANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Behaving badly or wandering away from what is expected, especially in the phrase knight errant.
Errant most often describes behavior that has gone off course, as when an errant remark offends someone or an errant child breaks a rule the parents thought was clear. The word survives most famously in the phrase knight errant, a wandering medieval knight who traveled in search of adventures and chances to prove his honor. That older sense of simply roving still colors the modern word, so an errant golf ball is one that has flown off its intended path rather than one that has misbehaved on purpose. Errant comes from the same root as error, tying the ideas of wandering and going wrong together.
How ERRANT is used
A fairly common word for behavior that strays from what is expected, and the standard word in the phrase knight errant for a wandering knight.
- An errant remark at the meeting upset several colleagues.
- The knight errant rode from town to town seeking adventure.
- An errant golf ball smashed through the neighbor's window.
- Teachers were sent to track down the errant students.
- The captain blamed the delay on one errant crew member.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ERRANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ERRANT
The 6 tiles of ERRANT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ERRANT
4 longer words begin with ERRANT.
Shorter words from the letters in ERRANT
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Common questions about ERRANT
- Is ERRANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ERRANT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ERRANT worth?
- ERRANT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ERRANT mean?
- Behaving badly or wandering away from what is expected, especially in the phrase knight errant.
- What letters can be added to ERRANT?
- ERRANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ERRANT:
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