INFESTANT is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. INFESTANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept INFESTANT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful INFESTANT is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for INFESTANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
infestantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How INFESTANT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in INFESTANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| f | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so INFESTANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does INFESTANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technicalrare
An organism, such as a parasite or pest, that infests a host or a place.
Infestant is a specialist word used by pest controllers and biologists. Typical examples are lice on a scalp or mites in a stored grain bin.
How INFESTANT is used
The noun infestant is rare and used in pest control and parasitology.
- Each infestant was counted under the microscope.
- The main infestant in the barn was a tiny beetle.
- Treatment must remove every infestant from the fur.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of INFESTANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with INFESTANT
1 longer words begin with INFESTANT.
Shorter words from the letters in INFESTANT
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Common questions about INFESTANT
- Is INFESTANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts INFESTANT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is INFESTANT worth?
- INFESTANT is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does INFESTANT mean?
- An organism, such as a parasite or pest, that infests a host or a place.
- What letters can be added to INFESTANT?
- INFESTANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of INFESTANT:
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