ANCILLA is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ANCILLA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANCILLA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 53 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANCILLA is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANCILLA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANCILLA scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ANCILLA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 686,195.
What stands out about ANCILLA
- ANCILLA 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 ANCILLA mean in Scrabble?
noun
rare
A maidservant, or something that serves as an aid or accessory to something more important.
Ancilla comes straight from Latin, where it meant a female servant. In scholarly writing it is used for a subordinate helper, such as a discipline serving a greater one. The plural is ancillae.
How ANCILLA is used
Ancilla is a rare Latin loanword in learned writing.
- Medieval thinkers called philosophy the ancilla of theology.
- The Roman household kept an ancilla for each lady.
- The tool is an ancilla to the main program.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANCILLA and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ANCILLA
4 longer words begin with ANCILLA.
Shorter words from the letters in ANCILLA
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Common questions about ANCILLA
- Is ANCILLA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANCILLA, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANCILLA worth?
- ANCILLA is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANCILLA mean?
- A maidservant, or something that serves as an aid or accessory to something more important.
- What letters can be added to ANCILLA?
- ANCILLA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ANCILLA:
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