ANAMNESIS is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. ANAMNESIS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANAMNESIS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANAMNESIS is to know. It scores 11 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANAMNESIS
No single letter turns ANAMNESIS into another word.
How ANAMNESIS scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in ANAMNESIS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANAMNESIS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANAMNESIS mean in Scrabble?
noun
formal
The act of recalling the past, or a patient's own account of their medical history.
Doctors take an anamnesis at the first visit, listening to what the patient remembers about past illnesses. In theology, the word names the remembering of Christ's sacrifice in worship. Philosophers also use it for recollection of things known before birth.
How ANAMNESIS is used
Appears in medicine, theology and philosophy, each with its own sense of anamnesis.
- The physician began with a careful anamnesis.
- The prayer contains an anamnesis of the Last Supper.
- Plato treated learning as a kind of anamnesis.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANAMNESIS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANAMNESIS
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Common questions about ANAMNESIS
- Is ANAMNESIS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANAMNESIS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANAMNESIS worth?
- ANAMNESIS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANAMNESIS mean?
- The act of recalling the past, or a patient's own account of their medical history.
- What letters can be added to ANAMNESIS?
- No single letter can be added to ANAMNESIS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of ANAMNESIS:
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