PEDANT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. PEDANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept PEDANT?
| 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 PEDANT is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for PEDANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
pedantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How PEDANT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in PEDANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| p | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 38,325.
What stands out about PEDANT
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does PEDANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person who cares too much about small rules and details, or who shows off book learning.
Calling someone a pedant is rarely a compliment: it suggests that they correct trivial mistakes and miss the larger point. In earlier centuries the word could simply mean a schoolmaster. It reached English through French from Italian pedante, and it is related to words about teaching and feet in Greek.
How PEDANT is used
Often mildly critical; used of people who insist on exact correctness.
- Only a pedant would object to that comma.
- The editor was a pedant about hyphens.
- Don't be a pedant; everyone understood what I meant.
- The old pedant corrected every guest's grammar.
- A true pedant checks the date of every quotation.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of PEDANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of PEDANT
The 6 tiles of PEDANT in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with PEDANT
Showing 24 of 31 words that begin with PEDANT.
Shorter words from the letters in PEDANT
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Common questions about PEDANT
- Is PEDANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts PEDANT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is PEDANT worth?
- PEDANT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does PEDANT mean?
- A person who cares too much about small rules and details, or who shows off book learning.
- What letters can be added to PEDANT?
- PEDANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of PEDANT:
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