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Cants

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Cants

noun

  1. An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

    "He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger."

  2. A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
  3. A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
  4. Empty, hypocritical talk.

    "People claim to care about the poor of Africa, but it is largely cant."

  5. Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.

verb

  1. To speak with the jargon of a class or subgroup.
  2. To speak in set phrases.
  3. To preach in a singsong fashion, especially in a false or empty manner.
  4. Of a blazon, to make a pun that references the bearer of a coat of arms.
  5. To sell by auction, or bid at an auction.

noun

  1. Side, edge, corner, niche.

    "Under the cant of a hill."

  2. Slope, the angle at which something is set.
  3. A corner (of a building).
  4. An outer or external angle.
  5. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.

verb

  1. To set (something) at an angle.

    "to cant a cask; to cant a ship"

  2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to.

    "to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football"

  3. To bevel an edge or corner.
  4. To overturn so that the contents are emptied.

noun

  1. A parcel, a division.

verb

  1. To divide or parcel out.
Anagrams of Cants

2 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "cants":

canstscant

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "cants" and rearranging:

+asancta
+eascentcentasenactssecantstance
+hchantssnatchstanch
+iactinsanticsnastic
+ocantoscotansoctans
+sscants
+ucantusuncast
+yscanty
Related Word Patterns
CA...Words starting with "ca"...TSWords ending with "ts"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "cants"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
c3
a1
n1
t1
s1

Total: 7 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Cants
abandonmentsabasementsabashmentsabatementsabbotsabductsaberrantsabetmentsabetsabiogenistsablautsableists
Related 5-Letter Words
cabalcabbycabercabincablecabobcacaocacascachecacticaddycadescadetcadgecadgy

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Cants"

Cants is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "cants" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.

Using "Cants" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "cants" is a low-scoring word.