ANACOLUTHIC is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. ANACOLUTHIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 22 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANACOLUTHIC?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANACOLUTHIC is to know. It scores 18 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANACOLUTHIC
No single letter turns ANACOLUTHIC into another word.
How ANACOLUTHIC scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANACOLUTHIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANACOLUTHIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANACOLUTHIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Breaking off a sentence and continuing with a different grammatical structure from the one begun.
Anacoluthic speech is common in conversation, where people change their minds halfway through a thought. Writers imitate it to make dialogue sound natural or agitated.
How ANACOLUTHIC is used
Used in grammar and literary criticism.
- The anacoluthic sentence trailed off and started again.
- His anacoluthic style gave the speech a nervous energy.
- Dialogue in the play is deliberately anacoluthic.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANACOLUTHIC and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANACOLUTHIC
1 longer words begin with ANACOLUTHIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANACOLUTHIC
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Common questions about ANACOLUTHIC
- Is ANACOLUTHIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANACOLUTHIC, where it scores 22 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANACOLUTHIC worth?
- ANACOLUTHIC is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANACOLUTHIC mean?
- Breaking off a sentence and continuing with a different grammatical structure from the one begun.
- What letters can be added to ANACOLUTHIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANACOLUTHIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANACOLUTHIC:
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