ANI is a valid Scrabble word — 3 points
Yes. ANI is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANI?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANI is to know. It scores 3 from 3 tiles, takes 6 hooks, and its letters make up 8.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANI
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANI scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in ANI, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 333.
What stands out about ANI
- The same 3 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 ANI mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoology
A black tropical bird of the cuckoo family.
The ani nests communally: several pairs build one nest and lay in it together, which is rare enough among birds to earn a paragraph in any field guide. It is found across the warmer parts of the Americas, and the name comes from a language of the region rather than from Latin.
How ANI is used
Countable: an ani, two anis. Chiefly in ornithology.
- An ani has a bill deep enough to look wrong on the bird.
- Several pairs of ani share one nest and one clutch.
- The ani follows cattle for the insects they stir up.
- A field guide gives the ani a paragraph for its nesting alone.
- The name ani came into English from a local language.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANI and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANI
The 3 tiles of ANI in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ANI
Showing 24 of 158 words that begin with ANI.
Words ending in ANI
Showing 24 of 38 words that end in ANI. Useful as a back hook: play ANI onto a word already on the board.
Words with ANI inside
Showing 24 of 2257 words that contain ANI somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANI are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANI
Common questions about ANI
- Is ANI valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANI, where it scores 4 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANI worth?
- ANI is worth 3 points in Scrabble and 4 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANI mean?
- A black tropical bird of the cuckoo family.
- What letters can be added to ANI?
- ANI takes 6 hooks: 4 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of ANI:
Open ANI in the Word Finder