VIAND is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VIAND 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 VIAND?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIAND is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIAND
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
viandsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIAND scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VIAND, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about VIAND
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VIAND mean in Scrabble?
noun
literaryarchaic
An item of food, especially a delicacy or richly prepared dish; usually used in the plural, viands, for food and provisions generally.
Viand belongs to older, more formal English, describing food not as mere sustenance but as something chosen or prepared with care, the sort of word a narrator might use to describe a lavish banquet table. The plural viands appears more often than the singular, covering the whole spread of dishes and provisions laid out for a meal or a journey. Because the word sounds elevated and slightly old-fashioned, modern writers reach for it mainly for deliberate effect, in historical fiction or mock-formal description, rather than in everyday speech about dinner. Its root traces back through French to a Latin word for living, the same source that gives English vital and vivid.
How VIAND is used
Viand is literary and somewhat archaic, met mainly in older writing or in deliberately formal descriptions of food.
- The table groaned under every viand the kitchen could produce.
- Travelers packed dried viands for the long journey ahead.
- The feast offered viands rich enough for a king.
- She described each viand on the menu in loving detail.
- Even simple bread counted as a welcome viand after days of hunger.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIAND and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VIAND
The 5 tiles of VIAND in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with VIAND
1 longer words begin with VIAND.
Shorter words from the letters in VIAND
Common questions about VIAND
- Is VIAND valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIAND, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIAND worth?
- VIAND is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIAND mean?
- An item of food, especially a delicacy or richly prepared dish; usually used in the plural, viands, for food and provisions generally.
- What letters can be added to VIAND?
- VIAND takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VIAND:
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