ANATHEMATA is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. ANATHEMATA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANATHEMATA?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANATHEMATA is to know. It scores 15 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANATHEMATA
No single letter turns ANATHEMATA into another word.
How ANATHEMATA scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANATHEMATA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 4 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANATHEMATA has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANATHEMATA
- The letter A appears four times in ANATHEMATA.
- ANATHEMATA begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANATHEMATA mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
Offerings set apart for a god, or things that are cursed or intensely hated.
In ancient religion, anathemata were gifts hung in temples as dedications. Later the sense turned toward things condemned by the church. The word is the plural of anathema and is found in classical and theological writing.
How ANATHEMATA is used
A rare plural noun used in religious and classical scholarship.
- The temple walls were lined with anathemata of gold and bronze.
- The council declared the books to be anathemata.
- Scholars catalogued the anathemata found at the shrine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANATHEMATA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANATHEMATA
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Common questions about ANATHEMATA
- Is ANATHEMATA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANATHEMATA, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANATHEMATA worth?
- ANATHEMATA is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANATHEMATA mean?
- Offerings set apart for a god, or things that are cursed or intensely hated.
- What letters can be added to ANATHEMATA?
- No single letter can be added to ANATHEMATA to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANATHEMATA:
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