ANAPHOR is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANAPHOR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANAPHOR?
| 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: 56 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANAPHOR is to know. It scores 12 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANAPHOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANAPHOR scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ANAPHOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 385,985.
What does ANAPHOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A word or phrase that points back to something said earlier, such as a pronoun.
In grammar, an anaphor spares the speaker from repeating a name: in "Anna said she was late", the word she looks back to Anna. Linguists study how listeners link each anaphor to the right earlier word. Rhetoric uses a related word for repetition at the start of clauses.
How ANAPHOR is used
Anaphor is a linguistics term used for words that refer back to an earlier expression.
- In this sentence the pronoun serves as an anaphor for the subject.
- A reflexive such as himself is a typical anaphor.
- Linguists debate how a listener resolves each anaphor.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANAPHOR and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANAPHOR
9 longer words begin with ANAPHOR.
Shorter words from the letters in ANAPHOR
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Common questions about ANAPHOR
- Is ANAPHOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANAPHOR, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANAPHOR worth?
- ANAPHOR is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANAPHOR mean?
- A word or phrase that points back to something said earlier, such as a pronoun.
- What letters can be added to ANAPHOR?
- ANAPHOR takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ANAPHOR:
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