ANENST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ANENST is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANENST?
| 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: 27 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANENST is to know. It scores 6 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 7.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANENST
No single letter turns ANENST into another word.
How ANENST scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in ANENST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 30,660.
What does ANENST mean in Scrabble?
preposition
archaicdialectScots
An archaic or dialectal word meaning concerning, regarding, or opposite to.
Anenst is an old variant of the more familiar anent, and both words once did the work that concerning or about does in modern English. It survives today mainly in Scots and northern English dialect speech and in writing that deliberately imitates older or rural speech patterns. A reader meeting anenst in a text can usually replace it with concerning without losing the meaning.
How ANENST is used
Archaic and dialectal; encountered in older texts and regional Scots or northern English speech rather than standard modern writing.
- He had nothing more to say anenst the matter.
- The old letter spoke anenst the boundary dispute between the farms.
- She used anenst instead of concerning, as her grandmother once did.
- The dialect story kept the word anenst throughout the dialogue.
- Anenst that question, the elder simply shook his head.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANENST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANENST
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Common questions about ANENST
- Is ANENST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANENST, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANENST worth?
- ANENST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANENST mean?
- An archaic or dialectal word meaning concerning, regarding, or opposite to.
- What letters can be added to ANENST?
- No single letter can be added to ANENST to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of ANENST:
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