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Yes. The word variant is a Scrabble US word. The word variant is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is variant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word variant is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

VARIANT,

6-letter words (2 found)

ANTIAR,AVANTI,

5-letter words (21 found)

AARTI,ANTAR,ANTRA,ATRIA,AVANT,AVIAN,INTRA,INVAR,NAIRA,NAVAR,RAITA,RATAN,RAVIN,RIANT,RIATA,TAIRA,TIARA,TRAIN,VARAN,VARIA,VARNA,

4-letter words (31 found)

AIRN,AIRT,ANTA,ANTI,ARIA,ARNA,ARTI,RAIA,RAIN,RAIT,RANA,RANI,RANT,RATA,RIVA,TAIN,TANA,TARA,TARN,TAVA,TIAN,TIAR,TINA,TRIN,VAIN,VAIR,VANT,VARA,VINA,VINT,VITA,

3-letter words (30 found)

AIA,AIN,AIR,AIT,ANA,ANI,ANT,ART,AVA,ITA,NAT,NAV,NIT,RAI,RAN,RAT,RAV,RIA,RIN,RIT,TAI,TAN,TAR,TAV,TIN,VAN,VAR,VAT,VIA,VIN,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AI,AN,AR,AT,IN,IT,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 95 words from variant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of variant

variant

Alternative forms

  • variaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: vâr'ē-ənt, IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/, /ˈvæɹi.ənt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/

Adjective

variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)

  1. Showing variety, diverse.
  2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
  3. (obsolete) Variable.
  4. (programming) Covariant and/or contravariant.

Translations

Noun

variant (plural variants)

  1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
  2. (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
  3. (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
  4. (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • variance
  • variation
  • vary

Translations

See also

  • alternate
  • alternative

Anagrams

  • nativar

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin variantem. First attested in 1839.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [bə.ɾiˈan]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [və.ɾiˈant]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [va.ɾiˈant]

Adjective

variant m or f (masculine and feminine plural variants)

  1. varying

Noun

variant m (plural variants)

  1. variant
Related terms
  • variar

References

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

variant

  1. gerund of variar

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вариант (variant).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ant

Noun

variant

  1. variant

Declension

References

  • “variant”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

variant c (singular definite varianten, plural indefinite varianter)

  1. variant

Declension

Further reading

  • “variant” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “variant” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French variant or variante, from Latin variāns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌvaː.riˈɑnt/
  • Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun

variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)

  1. A variant.

Synonyms

  • variante

Derived terms

Related terms

  • variabiliteit
  • variabel
  • variatie
  • variëren
  • variëteit

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: varian

Further reading

  • “variant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Variante.

Noun

variant (genitive variandi, partitive varianti)

  1. variant, variety, version (a specific variation of something)
    Synonyms: teisend, versioon
  2. option (one of a set of choices that can be made)
    Synonyms: alternatiiv, võimalus

Declension

Further reading

  • “variant”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “variant”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “variant”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • variant in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.ʁjɑ̃/

Participle

variant

  1. present participle of varier

Adjective

variant (feminine variante, masculine plural variants, feminine plural variantes)

  1. varied, which varies; variable

Related terms

  • variabilité
  • variable
  • variation

Noun

variant m (plural variants)

  1. mutation, variant (of a virus)

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

variant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of variō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin varians.

Noun

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural varianter, definite plural variantene)

  1. a variant

References

  • “variant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin varians.

Noun

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)

  1. a variant

References

  • “variant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Adjective

variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)

  1. varying; which varies

Descendants

  • → English: variant
  • French: variant

Swedish

Etymology

From French variante, attested from 1779.

Noun

variant c

  1. variant

Declension

Related terms

  • variera

References


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