ANIL is a valid Scrabble word — 4 points
Yes. ANIL is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 4 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANIL?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANIL is to know. It scores 4 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANIL
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANIL scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ANIL, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,017.
What stands out about ANIL
- The same 4 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 ANIL mean in Scrabble?
noun
botany
A tropical shrub of the genus Indigofera, or the deep blue dye traditionally extracted from it.
Anil grows across the West Indies and parts of South America and was, before synthetic dyes, one of the main plant sources of indigo blue. Both the living plant and the dye taken from it can be called anil, and the word also gives its name to the rich blue colour itself.
How ANIL is used
Mainly botanical and historical; general English usually says indigo instead.
- Farmers once grew fields of anil for the dye trade.
- The cloth was dipped in anil until it turned deep blue.
- Anil was exported from the Caribbean before synthetic dyes appeared.
- The old vat still smelled faintly of anil.
- Botanists studied how anil produces its blue pigment.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANIL and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANIL
The 4 tiles of ANIL in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ANIL
12 longer words begin with ANIL.
Words with ANIL inside
Showing 24 of 39 words that contain ANIL somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ANIL are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANIL
Common questions about ANIL
- Is ANIL valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANIL, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANIL worth?
- ANIL is worth 4 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANIL mean?
- A tropical shrub of the genus Indigofera, or the deep blue dye traditionally extracted from it.
- What letters can be added to ANIL?
- ANIL takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ANIL:
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