VAUNTY is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. VAUNTY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VAUNTY?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VAUNTY is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VAUNTY
No single letter turns VAUNTY into another word.
How VAUNTY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VAUNTY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 229,948.
What does VAUNTY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Scots
Fond of boasting; proud and showy.
Vaunty is a Scots adjective of the family of vaunt, an old verb for bragging, and it describes a person who likes to show off what he owns or has done. It is a dialect word, mostly found in Scottish writing, and it has variant spellings in that tradition. Most speakers today would say boastful instead.
How VAUNTY is used
Scots and dialect; seen in older Scottish writing rather than in everyday speech.
- He was a vaunty lad who talked of nothing but his horse.
- The vaunty cock strutted about the yard.
- She gave a vaunty toss of her head and walked past.
- Nobody liked the vaunty fellow at the fair.
- A vaunty speech like that wins few friends.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VAUNTY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VAUNTY
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Common questions about VAUNTY
- Is VAUNTY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VAUNTY, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VAUNTY worth?
- VAUNTY is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VAUNTY mean?
- Fond of boasting; proud and showy.
- What letters can be added to VAUNTY?
- No single letter can be added to VAUNTY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VAUNTY:
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