SPIRANT is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. SPIRANT 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 SPIRANT?
| 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: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful SPIRANT is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for SPIRANT
Front hooks — 1
aspirantBack hooks — 1
spirantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How SPIRANT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in SPIRANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| s | 1 | 4 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,366.
What does SPIRANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A consonant made by forcing air through a narrow gap, such as f or s; a fricative.
Phoneticians use spirant for sounds with a hissing or rushing quality, and older books apply it to a wider or narrower set of consonants depending on the author. Today most linguists prefer the word fricative.
How SPIRANT is used
Spirant is an older phonetics term, now less common than fricative.
- The grammar describes the s as a voiceless spirant.
- Old English had several spirants that later changed.
- He studied how the spirant developed from a stop.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of SPIRANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of SPIRANT
The 7 tiles of SPIRANT in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with SPIRANT
1 longer words begin with SPIRANT.
Shorter words from the letters in SPIRANT
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Common questions about SPIRANT
- Is SPIRANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts SPIRANT, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is SPIRANT worth?
- SPIRANT is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does SPIRANT mean?
- A consonant made by forcing air through a narrow gap, such as f or s; a fricative.
- What letters can be added to SPIRANT?
- SPIRANT takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of SPIRANT:
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