INCITANT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. INCITANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INCITANT?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INCITANT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INCITANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
incitantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INCITANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in INCITANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INCITANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INCITANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Something that spurs a person or process into action.
An incitant works like a trigger or a goad rather than a long-term cause. The word is rare and most often turns up in scientific or literary passages about stimulation.
How INCITANT is used
Use incitant for the agent that provokes a reaction, not for the reaction itself.
- Hunger was the incitant that drove the villagers to march.
- The chemist tested whether the compound acted as an incitant of cell growth.
- Rumour proved a powerful incitant in the city that summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INCITANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INCITANT
1 longer words begin with INCITANT.
Shorter words from the letters in INCITANT
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Common questions about INCITANT
- Is INCITANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INCITANT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INCITANT worth?
- INCITANT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INCITANT mean?
- Something that spurs a person or process into action.
- What letters can be added to INCITANT?
- INCITANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of INCITANT:
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