ANCRESS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ANCRESS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANCRESS?
| 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: 47 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANCRESS is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANCRESS
No single letter turns ANCRESS into another word.
How ANCRESS scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in ANCRESS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 2 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 343,098.
What does ANCRESS mean in Scrabble?
noun
archaic
A woman who has withdrawn from the world to live a solitary religious life.
In medieval England an ancress lived in a small cell attached to a church, with a window for prayer and alms. The spelling anchoress is the more usual one today.
How ANCRESS is used
Ancress is an archaic spelling of anchoress.
- The ancress spent her days in prayer behind a narrow window.
- A medieval rule was written for the ancress.
- Villagers brought bread to the ancress each week.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANCRESS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANCRESS
The 7 tiles of ANCRESS in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANCRESS
1 longer words begin with ANCRESS.
Shorter words from the letters in ANCRESS
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Common questions about ANCRESS
- Is ANCRESS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANCRESS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANCRESS worth?
- ANCRESS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANCRESS mean?
- A woman who has withdrawn from the world to live a solitary religious life.
- What letters can be added to ANCRESS?
- No single letter can be added to ANCRESS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of ANCRESS:
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