expectant
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 20
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 9
/ɪkˈspɛktənt/
Definition of expectant
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Marked by expectation.
“the expectant hush before the performance”
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adj
-
Marked by expectation.
“the expectant hush before the performance”
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Pregnant.
“an expectant mother”
“After seeing all the beautiful little wardrobe of the mother expectant, praising her delicate needlework, and inwardly regretting their own inability to add to it, they got a hearty lunch, intended for a dinner, and returned homewards,...”
- (dated)Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
noun
- A person who expects or awaits something.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Old French expectant, from Latin expectans.
Words you can make from expectant
114 playable · top: EXCEPT (17 pts)
Best play except 17 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
10 words5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
36 words- APEX 13 pts
- EXEC 13 pts
- NEXT 11 pts
- TEXT 11 pts
- CAPE 8 pts
- CEPE 8 pts
- PACE 8 pts
- PACT 8 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- CANT 6 pts
- CATE 6 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- NAPE 6 pts
- NEAP 6 pts
- NEEP 6 pts
- PANE 6 pts
- PANT 6 pts
- PATE 6 pts
- PEAN 6 pts
- PEAT 6 pts
- PEEN 6 pts
- PENT 6 pts
- TACE 6 pts
- TACT 6 pts
- TAPE 6 pts
- TEPA 6 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- NETT 4 pts
- TATE 4 pts
- TEAT 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
3-letter words
39 words- PAX 12 pts
- AXE 10 pts
- TAX 10 pts
- CAP 7 pts
- CEP 7 pts
- PAC 7 pts
- PEC 7 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- ACT 5 pts
- APE 5 pts
- APT 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CAT 5 pts
- CEE 5 pts
- NAP 5 pts
- PAN 5 pts
- PAT 5 pts
- PEA 5 pts
- PEE 5 pts
- PEN 5 pts
- PET 5 pts
- TAP 5 pts
- TEC 5 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- ATT 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAT 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEE 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TET 3 pts
2-letter words
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