SCANDENT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. SCANDENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept SCANDENT?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SCANDENT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SCANDENT
No single letter turns SCANDENT into another word.
How SCANDENT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in SCANDENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so SCANDENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does SCANDENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
botany
Climbing, as a plant does when it grows upward by clinging to a support.
Scandent is a specialist word in botany for vines, creepers and other plants that rise by holding on to something else. It comes from a Latin verb meaning to climb.
How SCANDENT is used
Scandent is used in plant descriptions and taxonomic keys.
- The shrub has a scandent habit and needs a trellis.
- Scandent stems wound around the fence.
- A scandent fern reached the roof of the glasshouse.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SCANDENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in SCANDENT
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Common questions about SCANDENT
- Is SCANDENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SCANDENT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SCANDENT worth?
- SCANDENT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SCANDENT mean?
- Climbing, as a plant does when it grows upward by clinging to a support.
- What letters can be added to SCANDENT?
- No single letter can be added to SCANDENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of SCANDENT:
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