ANCON is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ANCON is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANCON?
| 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: 31 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANCON is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANCON
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anconeChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How ANCON scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANCON, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 34,855.
What does ANCON mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
An architectural bracket, often carved with a scroll shape, that supports or appears to support a cornice or other projecting feature.
An ancon typically appears in pairs flanking a doorway or window, projecting from the wall to carry the weight of a cornice or lintel above. Classical and later Renaissance builders shaped these brackets with scrolls or volutes, turning a structural necessity into an ornamental feature. The same word is also used in anatomy for the elbow, a much older sense that survives mainly in specialist medical vocabulary rather than everyday speech. In architectural writing, however, the console-bracket meaning is by far the more common.
How ANCON is used
A technical term used mainly in architectural description; an older, rarer sense refers to the elbow.
- Carved ancon brackets flanked the doorway on either side.
- The architect matched the new ancon to the building's original style.
- Each ancon supported the weight of the projecting cornice above.
- Restorers repaired the crumbling stone ancon over the entrance.
- The museum facade features a row of scrolled ancon brackets.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANCON and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANCON
The 5 tiles of ANCON in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANCON
5 longer words begin with ANCON.
Words with ANCON inside
2 words contain ANCON in the middle. Words that start with ANCON are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANCON
Common questions about ANCON
- Is ANCON valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANCON, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANCON worth?
- ANCON is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANCON mean?
- An architectural bracket, often carved with a scroll shape, that supports or appears to support a cornice or other projecting feature.
- What letters can be added to ANCON?
- ANCON takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANCON:
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