ANAGEN is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ANAGEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANAGEN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANAGEN is to know. It scores 7 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANAGEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anagensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANAGEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ANAGEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 61,320.
What does ANAGEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
medical
The period when a hair follicle is in active growth, producing a new strand of hair rather than resting.
Anagen is the first and longest of three stages that hair follicles cycle through, coming before catagen, a brief transitional stage, and telogen, when the follicle rests before shedding the hair. During anagen, cells in the follicle matrix multiply quickly, building the strand of hair as it pushes upward through the skin. A follicle can stay in this stage for years on the scalp but only weeks elsewhere on the body, which is why scalp hair grows so much longer than eyebrow hair. Dermatologists check which stage a follicle is in when diagnosing conditions such as hair loss.
How ANAGEN is used
A medical and dermatological term, used when describing or diagnosing the hair growth cycle.
- Most scalp follicles spend two to six years in anagen.
- The dermatologist checked whether the follicles were still in anagen.
- A follicle stuck outside anagen for too long stops producing hair.
- Certain treatments aim to extend the anagen phase.
- Eyebrow hairs stay in anagen for only a few weeks at a time.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANAGEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANAGEN
3 longer words begin with ANAGEN.
Shorter words from the letters in ANAGEN
Common questions about ANAGEN
- Is ANAGEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANAGEN, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANAGEN worth?
- ANAGEN is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANAGEN mean?
- The period when a hair follicle is in active growth, producing a new strand of hair rather than resting.
- What letters can be added to ANAGEN?
- ANAGEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ANAGEN:
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