MENDICANT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. MENDICANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept MENDICANT?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful MENDICANT is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for MENDICANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
mendicantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How MENDICANT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in MENDICANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so MENDICANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does MENDICANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
A beggar, or a member of a religious order that lives on alms.
Medieval Europe knew the mendicant friars, such as the Franciscans, who owned nothing and begged for their daily bread. As an adjective the word describes anything connected with begging or with those orders.
How MENDICANT is used
Used in history, religion and formal prose.
- A mendicant sat at the church door with a wooden bowl.
- The mendicant friars preached in the market town.
- The old mendicant lived on whatever the villagers gave him.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of MENDICANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with MENDICANT
1 longer words begin with MENDICANT.
Shorter words from the letters in MENDICANT
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Common questions about MENDICANT
- Is MENDICANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts MENDICANT, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is MENDICANT worth?
- MENDICANT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does MENDICANT mean?
- A beggar, or a member of a religious order that lives on alms.
- What letters can be added to MENDICANT?
- MENDICANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of MENDICANT:
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