ANCHORITIC is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. ANCHORITIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANCHORITIC?
| 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: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANCHORITIC is to know. It scores 17 from 10 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANCHORITIC
No single letter turns ANCHORITIC into another word.
How ANCHORITIC scores
Face value of the 10 tiles in ANCHORITIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 2 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANCHORITIC has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANCHORITIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
literary
Relating to an anchorite, a person who lives alone for religious reasons.
Anchoritic life meant withdrawal from society into a cell or hut, devoted to prayer. Writers also apply the word loosely to anyone whose habits are strict, secluded and plain.
How ANCHORITIC is used
Anchoritic is a literary or historical word about hermits and a withdrawn life.
- He lived an anchoritic life in a stone cell.
- The anchoritic tradition flourished in medieval England.
- Her anchoritic habits puzzled the neighbours.
- The scholar led an almost anchoritic existence among his books.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANCHORITIC and 4 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANCHORITIC
2 longer words begin with ANCHORITIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANCHORITIC
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Common questions about ANCHORITIC
- Is ANCHORITIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANCHORITIC, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANCHORITIC worth?
- ANCHORITIC is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANCHORITIC mean?
- Relating to an anchorite, a person who lives alone for religious reasons.
- What letters can be added to ANCHORITIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANCHORITIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 10 letters of ANCHORITIC:
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