ANASARCOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANASARCOUS 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 ANASARCOUS?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
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| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 26 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANASARCOUS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANASARCOUS
No single letter turns ANASARCOUS into another word.
How ANASARCOUS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANASARCOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 3 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANASARCOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANASARCOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalrare
Affected by or relating to anasarca, a widespread swelling of the body from fluid.
Anasarcous is an old medical adjective for someone swollen with dropsy, that is, with watery fluid collected under the skin. Doctors today write about generalised oedema instead, so the word is mostly historical.
How ANASARCOUS is used
Rare; found in older medical texts and dictionaries.
- The physician noted an anasarcous swelling in the legs.
- An anasarcous patient was brought to the ward.
- Old case books describe anasarcous limbs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANASARCOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANASARCOUS
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Common questions about ANASARCOUS
- Is ANASARCOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANASARCOUS, where it scores 15 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANASARCOUS worth?
- ANASARCOUS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 15 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANASARCOUS mean?
- Affected by or relating to anasarca, a widespread swelling of the body from fluid.
- What letters can be added to ANASARCOUS?
- No single letter can be added to ANASARCOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANASARCOUS:
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