ANALECTS is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ANALECTS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANALECTS?
| 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 ANALECTS 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 ANALECTS
No single letter turns ANALECTS into another word.
How ANALECTS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANALECTS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANALECTS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANALECTS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A collection of short extracts or fragments chosen from the writings of one or more authors.
Analects usually appears in a title, most famously in the sayings of Confucius. The word suggests a gathering of gleanings rather than a continuous work, so a book of analects reads as a series of separate, short pieces.
How ANALECTS is used
Used in book titles and scholarly writing about anthologies.
- The analects of the old teacher were copied out by his students.
- She published a small volume of analects drawn from her letters.
- Reading the analects is like browsing a drawer of folded notes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANALECTS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANALECTS
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Common questions about ANALECTS
- Is ANALECTS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANALECTS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANALECTS worth?
- ANALECTS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANALECTS mean?
- A collection of short extracts or fragments chosen from the writings of one or more authors.
- What letters can be added to ANALECTS?
- No single letter can be added to ANALECTS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANALECTS:
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