ANCESTRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. ANCESTRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANCESTRESS?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANCESTRESS is to know. It scores 12 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANCESTRESS
No single letter turns ANCESTRESS into another word.
How ANCESTRESS scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANCESTRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| s | 3 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANCESTRESS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANCESTRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
literary
A woman from whom a person is descended, especially one more remote than a grandmother.
Ancestress is the feminine form of ancestor and is used mostly in family histories and stories. Many modern writers simply say female ancestor, so the older word carries a slightly formal air.
How ANCESTRESS is used
Literary or genealogical; used for women in a family line.
- The portrait showed a stern ancestress in a lace collar.
- She traced her lineage to an ancestress who sailed from Ireland.
- Legend says the tower was built by an ancestress of the clan.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANCESTRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANCESTRESS
1 longer words begin with ANCESTRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in ANCESTRESS
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Common questions about ANCESTRESS
- Is ANCESTRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANCESTRESS, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANCESTRESS worth?
- ANCESTRESS is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANCESTRESS mean?
- A woman from whom a person is descended, especially one more remote than a grandmother.
- What letters can be added to ANCESTRESS?
- No single letter can be added to ANCESTRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANCESTRESS:
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