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Is levant a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word levant is a Scrabble US word. The word levant is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is levant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word levant is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

LEVANT,

5-letter words (6 found)

ELVAN,LATEN,LEANT,NAVEL,VALET,VENAL,

4-letter words (27 found)

ANTE,AVEL,ELAN,ETNA,LANE,LANT,LATE,LAVE,LEAN,LEAT,LENT,LEVA,NAVE,NEAL,NEAT,TAEL,TALE,TANE,TEAL,TELA,VALE,VANE,VANT,VEAL,VELA,VENA,VENT,

3-letter words (29 found)

ALE,ALT,ANE,ANT,ATE,AVE,EAN,EAT,ELT,ETA,LAT,LAV,LEA,LET,LEV,NAE,NAT,NAV,NET,TAE,TAN,TAV,TEA,TEL,TEN,VAE,VAN,VAT,VET,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AL,AN,AT,EA,EL,EN,ET,LA,NA,NE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 77 words from levant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of levant

levant

Etymology 1

Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪˈvænt/

Noun

levant (plural levants)

  1. A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.

Verb

levant (third-person singular simple present levants, present participle levanting, simple past and past participle levanted)

  1. To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
Translations

Etymology 2

From French levant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛvənt/

Adjective

levant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Rising, of an animal.
  2. (law) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
  3. (poetic) Eastern.
    Synonyms: oriental, eastern
    Antonyms: occidental, western, ponent
Derived terms

Anagrams

  • -valent, valent, vental

French

Etymology

Participle adjective of lever (“to raise”). Corresponds to Latin levantem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun; compare Italian levante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lə.vɑ̃/

Adjective

levant (feminine levante, masculine plural levants, feminine plural levantes)

  1. (of the moon, the sun, etc.) rising
    Antonym: couchant

Noun

levant m (uncountable)

  1. the east, the orient
    Synonym: orient
    Antonyms: ponant, occident

Participle

levant

  1. present participle of lever

Derived terms

  • Levant

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • lavent, valent

Latin

Verb

levant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of levō

Source: wiktionary.org