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Is vigilante a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word vigilante is a Scrabble US word. The word vigilante is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is vigilante a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word vigilante is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Yes. The word vigilante is a Words With Friends word. The word vigilante is worth 17 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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9-letter words (2 found)

GENITIVAL,VIGILANTE,

8-letter words (3 found)

LIGATIVE,VALETING,VIGILANT,

7-letter words (17 found)

ATINGLE,ELATING,EVITING,GELATIN,GENITAL,INTAGLI,INVITAL,LEAVING,LIGNITE,TAGLINE,TAILING,VAILING,VEALING,VEILING,VENTAIL,VIALING,VINTAGE,

6-letter words (43 found)

AIGLET,AILING,ALEVIN,ALVINE,EALING,EATING,EAVING,ENGILT,ENTAIL,GELANT,GELATI,GENIAL,GENTIL,GLAIVE,IGNITE,INGATE,INVITE,LAVING,LEVANT,LIGATE,LINAGE,LINTIE,LITING,LIVING,NATIVE,NILGAI,TAEING,TAGINE,TAIGLE,TANGIE,TANGLE,TEAING,TENAIL,TIEING,TILING,TINEAL,TINGLE,VAGILE,VALINE,VEINAL,VENIAL,VENTIL,VINEAL,

5-letter words (63 found)

AGENT,AGILE,AGLET,ALGIN,ALIEN,ALIGN,ALINE,ALIVE,ANGEL,ANGLE,ANILE,ANVIL,ATIGI,AVINE,ELAIN,ELINT,ELVAN,ENLIT,ENTIA,GANEV,GAVEL,GENAL,GENII,GIANT,GILET,GIVEN,GLEAN,GLENT,GLINT,INGLE,INLET,INTEL,INTIL,LATEN,LEANT,LEGIT,LENTI,LEVIN,LIANE,LIANG,LIGAN,LIGNE,LINGA,LITAI,LIVEN,NAEVI,NAIVE,NAVEL,NGATI,NIVAL,TANGI,TELIA,TENIA,TINEA,TINGE,VALET,VEGAN,VENAL,VIGIA,VIGIL,VINAL,VITAE,VITAL,

4-letter words (111 found)

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3-letter words (72 found)

AGE,AIL,AIN,AIT,ALE,ALT,ANE,ANI,ANT,ATE,AVE,EAN,EAT,ELT,ENG,ETA,GAE,GAL,GAN,GAT,GEL,GEN,GET,GIE,GIN,GIT,ING,ITA,LAG,LAT,LAV,LEA,LEG,LEI,LET,LEV,LIE,LIG,LIN,LIT,NAE,NAG,NAT,NAV,NEG,NET,NIE,NIL,NIT,TAE,TAG,TAI,TAN,TAV,TEA,TEG,TEL,TEN,TIE,TIG,TIL,TIN,VAE,VAG,VAN,VAT,VEG,VET,VIA,VIE,VIG,VIN,

2-letter words (20 found)

AE,AG,AI,AL,AN,AT,EA,EL,EN,ET,GI,IN,IT,LA,LI,NA,NE,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 332 words from vigilante according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of vigilante

vigilante

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vigilante (“watchman, guard”), from Latin vigilans. Doublet of vigilant.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlæn.ti/, /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.ɪˈlɑːn.teɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌvɪd͡ʒ.əˈlæn.ti/

Noun

vigilante (plural vigilantes)

  1. A member of a vigilance committee. [from 19th c.]
  2. A person who acts outside of legal authority, often violently, to punish or avenge a crime, right a perceived wrong, etc.

Derived terms

  • vigilantism
  • digilante

Translations

Anagrams

  • genitival

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.ʒi.lɑ̃t/

Adjective

vigilante

  1. feminine singular of vigilant

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.d͡ʒiˈlan.te/
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧làn‧te

Participle

vigilante (plural vigilanti)

  1. present participle of vigilare

Adjective

vigilante (plural vigilanti)

  1. vigilant, watchful, alert
    Synonyms: vigile, attento

Related terms

  • vigilanza
  • vigilare

Noun

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilanti)

  1. security guard
  2. vigilante

Anagrams

  • vigliante

Latin

Participle

vigilante

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of vigilāns

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

Adjective

vigilante m or f (plural vigilantes)

  1. vigilant; watchful; observant (alert and paying close attention)

Derived terms

  • vigilantemente

Related terms

  • vigilância
  • vigiar

Noun

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)

  1. a person whose job is to watch over something; a security guard
    Synonyms: segurança, vigia

Further reading

  • “vigilante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vigilantem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bixiˈlante/ [bi.xiˈlãn̪.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

Adjective

vigilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vigilantes)

  1. watchful, alert, wakeful
    Synonyms: alerta, listo

Derived terms

Noun

vigilante m or f by sense (plural vigilantes)

  1. guard, watchman
    Synonym: guarda

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “vigilante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English vigilante, from Spanish vigilante, from Latin vigilāns. Doublet of bihilante.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /vid͡ʒiˈlante/, [vɪ.d͡ʒɪˈlan.tɛ]
    • IPA(key): /bid͡ʒiˈlante/, [bɪ.d͡ʒɪˈlan.tɛ] (more native-sounding)
  • Rhymes: -ante
  • Syllabification: vi‧gi‧lan‧te

Noun

vigilante (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

  1. vigilante
  2. a person suspected to be involved in extrajudicial killings in the drug war in the Philippines from 2016.

See also

  • salvage

Further reading

  • “vigilante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Source: wiktionary.org