ANGST is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. ANGST 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 ANGST?
| 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 ANGST is to know. It scores 6 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANGST
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANGST scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANGST, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about ANGST
- The same 5 tiles also spell 4 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 ANGST mean in Scrabble?
noun
An unsettled sense of anxiety, worry, or dread that often has no single, clear cause.
Angst entered English directly from German, where the plain word simply means fear, and philosophers such as Kierkegaard borrowed it to name a mood tied to existence itself rather than to any one event. In everyday English the word often carries a slightly ironic edge, describing the dramatic worry of a teenager or an artist rather than a diagnosed medical condition. It differs from ordinary worry mainly in scope: a person worries about a missed train or an exam, but angst is aimed at life in general, at nothing a person could simply fix by tomorrow. The related adjective angsty is common in casual writing about music, film, and adolescence.
How ANGST is used
Chiefly used of a diffuse, existential kind of anxiety rather than worry about one specific event.
- The novel captured the quiet angst of a teenager who felt out of place everywhere.
- He wrote songs full of angst about growing older.
- Some critics dismissed the film as pure adolescent angst.
- Her angst about the future kept her awake most nights.
- The philosopher used angst to describe a dread with no clear object.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANGST and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANGST
The 5 tiles of ANGST in a different order — 4 found.
Words starting with ANGST
6 longer words begin with ANGST.
Words with ANGST inside
13 words contain ANGST in the middle. Words that start with ANGST are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANGST
Common questions about ANGST
- Is ANGST valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANGST, where it scores 8 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANGST worth?
- ANGST is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANGST mean?
- An unsettled sense of anxiety, worry, or dread that often has no single, clear cause.
- What letters can be added to ANGST?
- ANGST takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANGST:
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