ANCESTOR is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ANCESTOR 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 ANCESTOR?
| 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: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANCESTOR is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANCESTOR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
ancestorsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANCESTOR scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANCESTOR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANCESTOR has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about ANCESTOR
- All 8 letters of ANCESTOR are different — nothing repeats.
- The same 8 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANCESTOR mean in Scrabble?
noun
A person from whom one is descended, usually one further back than a grandparent.
Ancestor is the standard word in family history, but it also stretches to species, languages and machines. Biologists speak of the common ancestor of two animals, and engineers call an early device the ancestor of a modern one.
How ANCESTOR is used
Used in everyday speech, genealogy, biology and technology writing.
- Her earliest known ancestor arrived by ship in 1850.
- Birds and crocodiles share a distant ancestor.
- The abacus is an ancestor of the pocket calculator.
- He framed a portrait of an ancestor he never met.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANCESTOR and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANCESTOR
The 8 tiles of ANCESTOR in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ANCESTOR
4 longer words begin with ANCESTOR.
Shorter words from the letters in ANCESTOR
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Common questions about ANCESTOR
- Is ANCESTOR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANCESTOR, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANCESTOR worth?
- ANCESTOR is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANCESTOR mean?
- A person from whom one is descended, usually one further back than a grandparent.
- What letters can be added to ANCESTOR?
- ANCESTOR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANCESTOR:
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