VENTAIL is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. VENTAIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VENTAIL?
| 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: 59 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VENTAIL is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VENTAIL
Front hooks — 1
aventailChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VENTAIL scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in VENTAIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 57,183.
What does VENTAIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
The movable front part of a medieval helmet, or a flap of mail that covered the lower face.
A ventail let a knight breathe and see while protecting the face and throat in battle. The term belongs to the vocabulary of armour and shows up mostly in historical and fantasy writing. Variants such as aventail exist, though ventail itself is the shorter form.
How VENTAIL is used
Used when describing medieval armour and helmets.
- The knight lifted his ventail to speak to the king.
- A ventail of mail hung from the rim of his helmet.
- The museum displays a helmet with its original ventail.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VENTAIL and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VENTAIL
3 longer words begin with VENTAIL.
Shorter words from the letters in VENTAIL
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Common questions about VENTAIL
- Is VENTAIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VENTAIL, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VENTAIL worth?
- VENTAIL is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VENTAIL mean?
- The movable front part of a medieval helmet, or a flap of mail that covered the lower face.
- What letters can be added to VENTAIL?
- VENTAIL takes 3 hooks: 1 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of VENTAIL:
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