ANIME is a valid Scrabble word — 7 points
Yes. ANIME 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 ANIME?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ANIME is to know. It scores 7 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 7.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ANIME
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
animesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ANIME scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in ANIME, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 6,455.
What stands out about ANIME
- The same 5 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 ANIME mean in Scrabble?
noun
A style of animation originating in Japan, marked by distinctive character designs and used across a wide range of genres for both children and adults.
Anime covers everything from children's television series to dense science-fiction epics and slow, literary dramas, so the word describes a visual style and industry rather than a single genre. Japanese studios pioneered the look, with its large expressive eyes and dynamic camera angles, and the term entered English as a shortened borrowing of the Japanese word for animation generally. Fans distinguish anime from manga, the related medium of Japanese comics that many series are adapted from. Streaming platforms have made anime far more widely watched outside Japan than it was a generation ago.
How ANIME is used
Common in everyday speech, especially among fans, to describe Japanese animated film and television.
- She spent the weekend catching up on her favorite anime.
- The convention drew thousands of anime fans in costume.
- His shelf was lined with anime box sets from the nineties.
- The film blends traditional anime art with computer animation.
- They debated which anime had the better ending.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ANIME and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of ANIME
The 5 tiles of ANIME in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with ANIME
1 longer words begin with ANIME.
Words with ANIME inside
10 words contain ANIME in the middle. Words that start with ANIME are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ANIME
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Common questions about ANIME
- Is ANIME valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ANIME, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ANIME worth?
- ANIME is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ANIME mean?
- A style of animation originating in Japan, marked by distinctive character designs and used across a wide range of genres for both children and adults.
- What letters can be added to ANIME?
- ANIME takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of ANIME:
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