ANANKE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ANANKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANANKE?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANANKE is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANANKE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anankesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANANKE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ANANKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 183,959.
What does ANANKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
Necessity understood as an unavoidable force that no one can resist, personified in Greek thought.
In ancient Greek belief Ananke was the goddess of compulsion, and writers still use the word when they want fate to sound like something with a will of its own. Astronomers borrowed the same name for one of the small outer moons of Jupiter. Outside those two settings the word is rare and carries a distinctly classical, bookish tone.
How ANANKE is used
Literary or classical; occasionally capitalised when the goddess herself is meant.
- The poet bowed to ananke and wrote of what could not be changed.
- No plea moved ananke, and the ship sailed on the appointed day.
- The ancient play ends with ananke closing every door.
- She spoke of ananke as the thing that makes choices for us.
- Jupiter has a small moon called ananke that circles it backward.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANANKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANANKE
1 longer words begin with ANANKE.
Shorter words from the letters in ANANKE
Common questions about ANANKE
- Is ANANKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANANKE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANANKE worth?
- ANANKE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANANKE mean?
- Necessity understood as an unavoidable force that no one can resist, personified in Greek thought.
- What letters can be added to ANANKE?
- ANANKE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ANANKE:
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