ANGINOUS is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. ANGINOUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANGINOUS?
| 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: 35 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANGINOUS is to know. It scores 9 from 8 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANGINOUS
No single letter turns ANGINOUS into another word.
How ANGINOUS scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in ANGINOUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 2 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so ANGINOUS has to be built on the board across turns.
What does ANGINOUS mean in Scrabble?
adjective
medicalrare
Relating to angina, especially the chest pain caused by poor blood flow to the heart.
Doctors reach for anginous when describing a pain or a patient linked to angina rather than to some other kind of chest trouble. It is a rare clinical adjective, and most speakers simply say the pain is from angina.
How ANGINOUS is used
Anginous turns up in older or specialist medical writing.
- The patient described an anginous pain that spread to the left arm.
- Anginous attacks often follow physical effort.
- The note recorded a typical anginous complaint on climbing stairs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANGINOUS and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in ANGINOUS
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Common questions about ANGINOUS
- Is ANGINOUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANGINOUS, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANGINOUS worth?
- ANGINOUS is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANGINOUS mean?
- Relating to angina, especially the chest pain caused by poor blood flow to the heart.
- What letters can be added to ANGINOUS?
- No single letter can be added to ANGINOUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of ANGINOUS:
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