ANABASIS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ANABASIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANABASIS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANABASIS is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANABASIS
No single letter turns ANABASIS into another word.
How ANABASIS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANABASIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANABASIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANABASIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A military march or expedition into the interior of a country, away from the coast.
The word comes from the ancient Greek account of a campaign led inland by Cyrus the Younger, and writers still use anabasis for a long, ambitious advance. Its opposite is katabasis, a march back down. Today an anabasis can also be any arduous upward journey.
How ANABASIS is used
Found in history writing and literary prose, rarely in everyday speech.
- The general planned an anabasis through the mountains to reach the capital.
- Her account of the climb read like an anabasis of exhaustion and hope.
- Students of Greek history often start with the anabasis of the ten thousand.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANABASIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANABASIS
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Common questions about ANABASIS
- Is ANABASIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANABASIS, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANABASIS worth?
- ANABASIS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANABASIS mean?
- A military march or expedition into the interior of a country, away from the coast.
- What letters can be added to ANABASIS?
- No single letter can be added to ANABASIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANABASIS:
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