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Yes. The word distant is a Scrabble US word. The word distant is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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7-letter words (1 found)

DISTANT,

6-letter words (6 found)

DAINTS,IDANTS,STATIN,TAINTS,TANIST,TITANS,

5-letter words (25 found)

ADITS,ANTIS,DAINT,DANTS,DINTS,DITAS,DITTS,IDANT,NATIS,SAINT,SATIN,STAID,STAIN,STAND,STINT,TAINS,TAINT,TAITS,TANTI,TIANS,TINAS,TINDS,TINTS,TITAN,TSADI,

4-letter words (46 found)

ADIT,AIDS,AINS,AITS,ANDS,ANIS,ANTI,ANTS,DAIS,DANS,DANT,DINS,DINT,DISA,DITA,DITS,DITT,ISNA,ITAS,NADS,NATS,NIDS,NITS,SADI,SAID,SAIN,SAND,SANT,SATI,SIDA,SIND,SNIT,STAT,TADS,TAIN,TAIS,TAIT,TANS,TATS,TIAN,TIDS,TINA,TIND,TINS,TINT,TITS,

3-letter words (40 found)

ADS,AID,AIN,AIS,AIT,AND,ANI,ANS,ANT,ATS,ATT,DAN,DAS,DIN,DIS,DIT,IDS,INS,ITA,ITS,NAS,NAT,NID,NIS,NIT,SAD,SAI,SAN,SAT,SIN,SIT,TAD,TAI,TAN,TAS,TAT,TID,TIN,TIS,TIT,

2-letter words (16 found)

AD,AI,AN,AS,AT,DA,DI,ID,IN,IS,IT,NA,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 134 words from distant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of distant

distant

Alternative forms

  • distaunt, dystant, dystaunt (all obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪstənt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪstənt

Adjective

distant (comparative more distant, superlative most distant)

  1. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
    Synonyms: faraway; see also Thesaurus:distant
  2. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
    Synonyms: aloof, cold

Derived terms

Related terms

  • distal
  • distance
  • equidistant

Translations

Further reading

  • “distant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “distant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “distant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Dantist

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [disˈtan]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [disˈtant]

Adjective

distant m or f (masculine and feminine plural distants)

  1. distant
    Synonyms: llunyà, remot
    Antonyms: pròxim, proper

Related terms

  • distància
  • distar

Further reading

  • “distant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “distant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “distant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “distant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.tɑ̃/

Adjective

distant (feminine distante, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantes)

  1. distant
  2. aloof

Related terms

  • distance

Descendants

  • → Romanian: distant

Further reading

  • “distant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

distant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of distō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French distant, from Latin distantem.

Adjective

distant m or n (feminine singular distantă, masculine plural distanți, feminine and neuter plural distante)

  1. distant, remote

Declension

Related terms

  • distanță

Romansch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin distantem.

Adjective

distant m (feminine singular distanta, masculine plural distants, feminine plural distantas)

  1. (Puter) distant, remote, faraway
    Synonym: luntaun

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