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Yes. The word vigilant is a Scrabble US word. The word vigilant is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word vigilant is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

VIGILANT,

7-letter words (5 found)

INTAGLI,INVITAL,TAILING,VAILING,VIALING,

6-letter words (6 found)

AILING,LAVING,LITING,LIVING,NILGAI,TILING,

5-letter words (18 found)

ALGIN,ALIGN,ANVIL,ATIGI,GIANT,GLINT,INTIL,LIANG,LIGAN,LINGA,LITAI,NGATI,NIVAL,TANGI,VIGIA,VIGIL,VINAL,VITAL,

4-letter words (42 found)

AGIN,ALIT,ANIL,ANTI,GAIN,GAIT,GANT,GILA,GILT,GLIA,GLIT,GNAT,ILIA,INIA,INTI,LAIN,LANG,LANT,LATI,LING,LINT,NAIL,NGAI,TAIG,TAIL,TAIN,TALI,TANG,TIAN,TINA,TING,VAGI,VAIL,VAIN,VALI,VANG,VANT,VIAL,VIGA,VINA,VINT,VITA,

3-letter words (37 found)

AIL,AIN,AIT,ALT,ANI,ANT,GAL,GAN,GAT,GIN,GIT,ING,ITA,LAG,LAT,LAV,LIG,LIN,LIT,NAG,NAT,NAV,NIL,NIT,TAG,TAI,TAN,TAV,TIG,TIL,TIN,VAG,VAN,VAT,VIA,VIG,VIN,

2-letter words (13 found)

AG,AI,AL,AN,AT,GI,IN,IT,LA,LI,NA,TA,TI,

You can make 122 words from vigilant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vigilant

vigilant

Etymology

From French vigilant or its source, Latin vigilans, present participle of vigilare (“stay awake”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of vigilante, from Spanish. Displaced Old English wacor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪd͡ʒɪlənt/
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lant

Adjective

vigilant (comparative more vigilant, superlative most vigilant)

  1. Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
  2. (heraldry, rare) In vigilance.

Synonyms

  • (watchful): alert, aware, careful, circumspect, observant, on the qui vive, wakesome, wary, watchful

Derived terms

  • pharmacovigilant
  • vigilantly

Related terms

  • vigil
  • vigilance
  • vigilante

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [bi.ʒiˈlan]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [vi.ʒiˈlant]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [vi.d͡ʒiˈlant]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem. First attested in 1696.

Adjective

vigilant m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilants)

  1. vigilant
Derived terms
  • vigilantment
Related terms
  • vigilància
  • vigilar

Noun

vigilant m or f by sense (plural vigilants)

  1. guard, watchman
Derived terms
  • vigilant nocturn

Etymology 2

Verb

vigilant

  1. gerund of vigilar

References

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃/

Adjective

vigilant (feminine vigilante, masculine plural vigilants, feminine plural vigilantes)

  1. vigilant

Related terms

  • vigiler

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [viɡiˈlant]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lant

Adjective

vigilant (strong nominative masculine singular vigilanter, comparative vigilanter, superlative am vigilantesten)

  1. (dated) cunning, smart, clever
    Synonyms: clever, findig, gewieft, pfiffig, gerissen
  2. (higher register) watchful, alert, wary (Austria)
    Synonyms: wachsam, aufmerksam

Declension

Derived terms

  • Vigilant
  • Vigilanz
  • Vigilantismus

Related terms

  • arrogant

Further reading

  • “vigilant” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “vigilant” in Duden online
  • “vigilant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

vigilant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of vigilō

Source: wiktionary.org