ESURIENT is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. ESURIENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ESURIENT?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ESURIENT is to know. It scores 8 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ESURIENT
No single letter turns ESURIENT into another word.
How ESURIENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ESURIENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ESURIENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ESURIENT
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ESURIENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Hungry or greedy, craving food or gain.
Esurient is a bookish word that can describe real hunger or a hungry ambition for money and power. A writer who uses esurient often wants a slightly old-fashioned, vivid tone.
How ESURIENT is used
Rare and literary; appears in essays and fiction rather than speech.
- The esurient crowd pressed around the food stall.
- He cast an esurient eye on her inheritance.
- After the long hike we were all esurient.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ESURIENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ESURIENT
The 8 tiles of ESURIENT in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ESURIENT
1 longer words begin with ESURIENT.
Shorter words from the letters in ESURIENT
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Common questions about ESURIENT
- Is ESURIENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ESURIENT, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ESURIENT worth?
- ESURIENT is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ESURIENT mean?
- Hungry or greedy, craving food or gain.
- What letters can be added to ESURIENT?
- No single letter can be added to ESURIENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ESURIENT:
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