VANWARD is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. VANWARD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VANWARD?
| 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: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VANWARD is to know. It scores 14 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VANWARD
No single letter turns VANWARD into another word.
How VANWARD scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VANWARD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 771,970.
What does VANWARD mean in Scrabble?
adverb
rare
Toward the front, or toward the van of an advancing group.
Vanward belongs to military and travel writing, where the van is the leading part of an army or a column. It is rare now, and ahead or forward is more natural in ordinary speech.
How VANWARD is used
The word vanward is also an adjective, meaning located in the front.
- The scouts moved vanward to check the road.
- He pushed vanward through the crowd to see the procession.
- The vanward ranks of the army were already across the river.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VANWARD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VANWARD
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Common questions about VANWARD
- Is VANWARD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VANWARD, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VANWARD worth?
- VANWARD is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VANWARD mean?
- Toward the front, or toward the van of an advancing group.
- What letters can be added to VANWARD?
- No single letter can be added to VANWARD to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VANWARD:
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