VIATOR is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. VIATOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VIATOR?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VIATOR is to know. It scores 9 from 6 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VIATOR
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VIATOR scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in VIATOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,550.
What does VIATOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A person on a journey, especially one who travels on foot; a wayfarer.
The word comes straight from Latin, where viator meant a traveller on a road, and it was also the name of an official messenger. English kept it as a learned and slightly old-fashioned word, found chiefly in legal and antiquarian writing. A modern reader meets viator mostly in book titles and in older prose about roads and pilgrims.
How VIATOR is used
Archaic and bookish; plain traveller is the normal choice today.
- The lone viator stopped at the inn before dark.
- An old stone marks the grave of a viator who never reached the city.
- The poem greets the viator walking the dusty road.
- Each viator paid a small toll at the bridge.
- The scholar wrote a book about the medieval viator and his dangers.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VIATOR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with VIATOR
3 longer words begin with VIATOR.
Shorter words from the letters in VIATOR
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Common questions about VIATOR
- Is VIATOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VIATOR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VIATOR worth?
- VIATOR is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VIATOR mean?
- A person on a journey, especially one who travels on foot; a wayfarer.
- What letters can be added to VIATOR?
- VIATOR takes 2 hooks: 1 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of VIATOR:
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