PECCANT is a valid Scrabble word — 13 points
Yes. PECCANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 13 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PECCANT?
| 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: 50 / 100
Our own measure of how useful PECCANT is to know. It scores 13 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PECCANT
No single letter turns PECCANT into another word.
How PECCANT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in PECCANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,059 thousand.
What does PECCANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
formal
Guilty of a fault or sin, or acting in a wrong way.
Peccant is a formal and slightly archaic word for someone who has done wrong. In old medicine it also described bodily humours that were thought to cause illness, which explains its use for anything that is faulty or corrupt.
How PECCANT is used
Peccant is found in literary, legal and historical writing.
- The preacher warned the peccant villagers to repent.
- The report named the peccant officials responsible.
- Old physicians spoke of peccant humours in the blood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PECCANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with PECCANT
1 longer words begin with PECCANT.
Shorter words from the letters in PECCANT
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Common questions about PECCANT
- Is PECCANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PECCANT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PECCANT worth?
- PECCANT is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PECCANT mean?
- Guilty of a fault or sin, or acting in a wrong way.
- What letters can be added to PECCANT?
- No single letter can be added to PECCANT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of PECCANT:
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