TRUANT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. TRUANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept TRUANT?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful TRUANT is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for TRUANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
truantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How TRUANT scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in TRUANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| t | 2 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What stands out about TRUANT
- TRUANT begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does TRUANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A pupil who stays away from school without permission.
A truant slips away from lessons instead of attending, and the word can describe both the absent pupil and, historically, anyone shirking work or duty. It commonly appears in the fixed phrase play truant, meaning to skip school deliberately rather than through illness. The related term truant officer names the school official whose job is finding out why a pupil is missing and bringing them back. As an adjective, truant can also describe wandering or idle behaviour more generally, such as a truant thought that strays from the task at hand.
How TRUANT is used
Used mainly in British English school contexts, and in the set phrase play truant rather than as an everyday verb on its own.
- The head teacher rang home because her son had been a truant all week.
- He used to play truant every Friday to go fishing at the river.
- The truant officer eventually found the boys hiding in an old barn.
- She felt like a truant, skipping the meeting to sit in the park instead.
- A truant mind wanders from the lecture no matter how hard he tries to focus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of TRUANT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with TRUANT
9 longer words begin with TRUANT.
Shorter words from the letters in TRUANT
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Common questions about TRUANT
- Is TRUANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts TRUANT, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is TRUANT worth?
- TRUANT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does TRUANT mean?
- A pupil who stays away from school without permission.
- What letters can be added to TRUANT?
- TRUANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of TRUANT:
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