HABITANT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. HABITANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept HABITANT?
| 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: 43 / 100
Our own measure of how useful HABITANT is to know. It scores 13 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for HABITANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
habitantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How HABITANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in HABITANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| h | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so HABITANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does HABITANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
A farmer of French descent living in Canada, especially in Quebec, or an early French settler there.
Historians use habitant for the rural settlers of New France who worked the land along the St Lawrence. The term can also loosely mean any inhabitant of a place.
How HABITANT is used
Used in Canadian history and literature about French-speaking farmers.
- Each habitant held a narrow strip of land running back from the river.
- The habitant carried grain to the mill every autumn.
- A poem celebrated the hardy habitant and his family.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of HABITANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with HABITANT
1 longer words begin with HABITANT.
Shorter words from the letters in HABITANT
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Common questions about HABITANT
- Is HABITANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts HABITANT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is HABITANT worth?
- HABITANT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does HABITANT mean?
- A farmer of French descent living in Canada, especially in Quebec, or an early French settler there.
- What letters can be added to HABITANT?
- HABITANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of HABITANT:
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