ANEMIC is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. ANEMIC is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANEMIC?
| 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 ANEMIC is to know. It scores 10 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANEMIC
No single letter turns ANEMIC into another word.
How ANEMIC scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ANEMIC, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 51,100.
What stands out about ANEMIC
- The same 6 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does ANEMIC mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Suffering from a shortage of red blood cells or haemoglobin; also, weak and lacking force.
In medicine an anemic patient is pale and tired because the blood carries too little oxygen. The word spread into ordinary speech as a figure for anything lacking vigour, so reviewers call a thin performance or a sluggish economy anemic. The spelling anaemic is the usual British variant.
How ANEMIC is used
Both literal (medical) and figurative; the figurative sense is very common about growth, sales and writing.
- The doctor found the child pale and anemic after the long winter.
- Sales stayed anemic through the whole second quarter.
- He gave an anemic cheer from the back of the hall.
- An anemic plot left the film feeling thin.
- Iron tablets helped her anemic condition within weeks.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANEMIC and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANEMIC
The 6 tiles of ANEMIC in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ANEMIC
1 longer words begin with ANEMIC.
Shorter words from the letters in ANEMIC
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Common questions about ANEMIC
- Is ANEMIC valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANEMIC, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANEMIC worth?
- ANEMIC is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANEMIC mean?
- Suffering from a shortage of red blood cells or haemoglobin; also, weak and lacking force.
- What letters can be added to ANEMIC?
- No single letter can be added to ANEMIC to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ANEMIC:
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