ANAGNORISIS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANAGNORISIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 15 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANAGNORISIS?
| 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: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANAGNORISIS is to know. It scores 12 from 11 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANAGNORISIS
No single letter turns ANAGNORISIS into another word.
How ANAGNORISIS scores
Face value of the 11 tiles in ANAGNORISIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANAGNORISIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANAGNORISIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
The moment in a drama when a character suddenly recognises a truth or the real identity of another.
Aristotle singled out anagnorisis as a key turn of tragedy, often paired with a reversal of fortune. Oedipus learning who his parents are is the classic case.
How ANAGNORISIS is used
Anagnorisis is a term of literary criticism and drama studies, used when discussing plots.
- The anagnorisis comes when the hero finally sees what he has done.
- Aristotle described anagnorisis as a change from ignorance to knowledge.
- Students analysed the anagnorisis in the final act of the play.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANAGNORISIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANAGNORISIS
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Common questions about ANAGNORISIS
- Is ANAGNORISIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANAGNORISIS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANAGNORISIS worth?
- ANAGNORISIS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANAGNORISIS mean?
- The moment in a drama when a character suddenly recognises a truth or the real identity of another.
- What letters can be added to ANAGNORISIS?
- No single letter can be added to ANAGNORISIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 11 letters of ANAGNORISIS:
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