VOLITANT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. VOLITANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VOLITANT?
| 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: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VOLITANT is to know. It scores 11 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VOLITANT
No single letter turns VOLITANT into another word.
How VOLITANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in VOLITANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so VOLITANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does VOLITANT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
raretechnical
Able to fly, or flying about rapidly.
Volitant is used in zoology and in poetic description of insects and birds in flight. It is unusual enough that most readers would guess the meaning only from its Latin root.
How VOLITANT is used
Volitant appears in natural-history and literary writing about flying creatures.
- A volitant swarm of midges hung over the pond.
- The naturalist drew a volitant squirrel gliding between trees.
- Volitant sparks rose from the bonfire.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VOLITANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in VOLITANT
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Common questions about VOLITANT
- Is VOLITANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VOLITANT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VOLITANT worth?
- VOLITANT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VOLITANT mean?
- Able to fly, or flying about rapidly.
- What letters can be added to VOLITANT?
- No single letter can be added to VOLITANT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of VOLITANT:
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