ANIMA is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ANIMA is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ANIMA?
| 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: 36 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANIMA is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 7.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANIMA
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANIMA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANIMA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 19,364.
What stands out about ANIMA
- ANIMA begins and ends with the same letter.
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 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 ANIMA mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In Jungian psychology, the unconscious feminine aspect of a man's personality.
Carl Jung introduced anima as one half of a pair of archetypes, the other being animus, the unconscious masculine aspect within a woman. He argued that a man's anima shapes his emotional responses and his image of women, and that recognizing it is an important step in psychological development. The word comes from Latin, where anima simply meant soul or breath of life, a broader sense that survives in some older philosophical and religious writing. In everyday psychological discussion, however, anima almost always points back to Jung's specific theory.
How ANIMA is used
A technical term from Jungian psychology, rarely used outside psychological or psychoanalytic writing.
- The therapist explained how his anima influenced his choice of partners.
- Jung described the anima as a bridge to the unconscious mind.
- Her dreams seemed to give shape to a distinct anima figure.
- The lecture traced how the anima appears in myth and folklore.
- He struggled for years to understand his own anima.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANIMA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANIMA
The 5 tiles of ANIMA in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with ANIMA
Showing 24 of 76 words that begin with ANIMA.
Words with ANIMA inside
23 words contain ANIMA in the middle. Words that start with ANIMA are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANIMA
Common questions about ANIMA
- Is ANIMA valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANIMA, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANIMA worth?
- ANIMA is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANIMA mean?
- In Jungian psychology, the unconscious feminine aspect of a man's personality.
- What letters can be added to ANIMA?
- ANIMA takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANIMA:
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