ANEAR is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. ANEAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANEAR?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANEAR is to know. It scores 5 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 8.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANEAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
anearsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANEAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANEAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 4,841.
What does ANEAR mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaicpoetic
To draw near to something; to approach.
Anear is formed simply by adding the prefix a- to the ordinary word near, a pattern also seen in older words like afar and aloft. Writers of earlier centuries used the same short form both as a verb and as a preposition or adverb meaning nearby, so its grammar shifted with the sentence around it. The word survives today almost entirely in older poetry, hymns and deliberately old-fashioned prose, where it lends a slightly formal, antique rhythm to a line. Because current speakers no longer use it, meeting anear in a text usually signals that the writer is quoting or imitating an earlier style of English.
How ANEAR is used
Archaic and poetic, found in older literature and verse rather than in modern speech or writing.
- The old ballad tells how danger did anear the sleeping village.
- No traveller dared anear the ruined tower after dark.
- The poem describes storms that anear the lonely coast each autumn.
- He would not anear the grieving family uninvited.
- Legend says the ghost would anear only those who called its name.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANEAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANEAR
The 5 tiles of ANEAR in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with ANEAR
3 longer words begin with ANEAR.
Words ending in ANEAR
1 words end in ANEAR. Useful as a back hook: play ANEAR onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in ANEAR
Common questions about ANEAR
- Is ANEAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANEAR, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANEAR worth?
- ANEAR is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANEAR mean?
- To draw near to something; to approach.
- What letters can be added to ANEAR?
- ANEAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANEAR:
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